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Henny van Pels lives in Amsterdam

Henny van Pels is the older sister of Hermann van Pels. She was the first of her family to move to Amsterdam.

Event

Oct. 30, 1935 - Feb. 24, 1943

52.352217 N 4.862542 E

Okeghemstraat 6

Amsterdam

She settled in Amsterdam-Zuid as a costumier.[1] Henny was the first from the family of Aaron van Pels and Lina Vorsänger to move to Amsterdam. However, her cousin Bertel Hess had preceded her in 1933.[2] Eventually all her brothers and sisters would leave their home town of Osnabrück, just like their father. They all wanted to move on to North or South America, but only a few would succeed.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten, toegang 30238, inv. nr. 626: archiefkaart H. van Pels.
  2. ^ SAA, Archief van het Bevolkingsregister, toegang 5000, inv. nr. 2554: bijzondere registers, Gesticht voor Joodsche Invaliden, blad 236, volgnr. 198.