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Names of Hermann van Pels

Variations of Hermann van Pels' names.

Subject

Hermann's official name is Hermann van Pels.[1] Van Pels is a Dutch surname. Hermann van Pels's family was originally from Oude Pekela, Groningen.

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. She gave Hermann van Pels the name Hans van Daan.[2] In the first edition of The Secret Annex (1947), that became Mr van Daan.[3]

According to Anne, Auguste Van Pels used the pet name Putti for her husband.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238: Archiefkaart H. van Pels.
  2. ^ 'Pseudoniemenlijstje', in: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD) (samenst.), De dagboeken van Anne Frank, 5e, verb. en uitgebr. druk, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2001, p. 70.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944, Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.  
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 2 May 1943 (2nd); 11 May 1944 (1st); Diary Version B, 10 March 1943 and 17 October 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.