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The Van Pels family emigrates to Amsterdam

In the summer of 1937, Hermann van Pels' family emigrated from Osnabrück to Amsterdam.

Event

July 2, 1937 - May 18, 1938

52.34481 N 4.85885 E

Stadionweg 277-III

Amsterdam

Nederland

Hermann van Pels was born in Gehrde, Germany, but he had Dutch nationality.[1] For him and his family, therefore, there were no legal obstacles to emigrating to the Netherlands with his family.[2] However, he did have problems to resolve with the Dutch military authorities, who considered him a deserter.[3]

On 26 June 1937, he and his wife and son were deregistered from the Synagoge-Gemeinde Osnabrück due to departure for the Netherlands.[4] The Amsterdam Population Register registered him as of 2 July 1937 at the address Stadionweg 277-III.[1]

Hermann van Pels' father, brother and three sisters (Henny, Ida and Clara) all eventually settled in Amsterdam.[5] Several cousins, nieces and other relatives also left Germany. Berthel Hess, a full cousin of Hermann van Pels who also lived in Amsterdam, received a letter from her father in which he wrote: 'So gehen alle Verwandte nach die Reihe fort + wer weiss wie es noch werden wird.'[6]

Auguste van Pels-Röttgen's parents came to Amsterdam in 1938, as did her sister Margarethe Goldschmidt-Röttgen and her family.

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Hermann van Pels.
  2. ^ Zie: Gertjan Broek, Emigranten rond het Achterhuis van Anne Frank, in: De moderne tijd, jrg. 3, nr. 3 (2019), p. 211-226.
  3. ^ SAA, Archief van de secretarie, Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsvoorgangers (toegang 5182), inv. nr. 4422, Lotingsregister 1918, volgnr. 4695.
  4. ^ Niedersächsiches Landesarchiv - Standort Osnabrück, Dep.3bIV inv. nr. 2166, Kartotheek Synagogengemeinde Osnabrück; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_003-006).
  5. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten David Aäron, Max David, Henny, Clara en Ida van Pels.
  6. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Hess, Berthel, Brief van 10 september 1939 (kopie).