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Names of Auguste van Pels

Variations of Auguste van Pels' names.

Subject

Röttgen was Auguste's maiden name. After her marriage to Hermann van Pels, her surname became Van Pels-Röttgen.[1]

The name Auguste was sometimes shortened to Gusti.[2] [3] [4] According to a first cousin of Hermann van Pels, Auguste was also called Gockel.[5] Hermann van Pels, according to Anne, used the pet name 'Kerli ' for his wife.[6]

When Anne Frank wrote the second version (the B version) of her diary, she wrote a list of the names she wanted to give the people in a book to be published later. Auguste van Pels is listed on it as Petronella van Daan.[7] In the first edition of the diary (1947), that became Mrs van Daan and occasionally Petronella (van Daan) or Mrs.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374: Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste Röttgen d.d. 5 december 1925 (Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002).
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 27 February and 9 August 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annexe, "The Annexe eight at the dinner table", 5 August 1943, in: The Collected Works. 
  4. ^ AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_076: Greta Goldschmidt aan Otto Frank, 16 mei 1959.
  5. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Hess, Berthel: interview 22 maart 1997. 
  6. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 2 May 1943 (2nd); Diary Version B, 17 October 1943, in: The Collected Works.
  7. ^ 'Pseudoniemenlijstje', in: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD) (samenst.), De dagboeken van Anne Frank, 5e, verbeterde en uitgebreide druk, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2001, p. 70.
  8. ^ Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944, Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.