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Hendrik Marinus Pels

Hendrik Marinus Pels worked as an upholsterer for the firm Elhoek at Prinsengracht 261, which was the building next to Otto Frank's business Opekta at Prinsengracht 263.

Hendrik Marinus Pels worked from 1939 to 1943 as an upholsterer for the firm Elhoek at Prinsengracht 261 in Amsterdam, which was building next to Otto Frank's business Opekta, at Prinsengracht 263. He had learned upholstery at the vocational school on Laurierstraat in Amsterdam. The Elhoek firm's workshops were on the second and third floors. When the weather was nice, Pels and his colleagues would sit in the sun in the roof gutter between 261 and 263. They would sometimes hear voices coming from the back of the neighbouring building, but they never thought about people in hiding. He thought that building 263 belonged to the Keg company at 265.[1]

He was given a passport to work in Germany on 30 June 1943.[2] He left on 2 July 1943 to work as a wallpaper decorator near Berlin and Potsdam.[3] From that moment on, his work at the Elhoek company stopped.

Source personal data.[4] Address: Nicolaas Beetsstraat 95 II, Amsterdam.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Getuigenarchief H. Pels: Gespreksverslag door Dineke Stam, mei 1995.
  2. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Secretarie, Algemene Zaken, toegang 5181, inv. nr. 7428: paspoortaanvraag H.M. Pels.
  3. ^ SAA, Gemeente Arbeidsbeurs, toegang 5236, inv. nr. 1294: loonstaat Gewestelijk Arbeidsbureau H.M. Pels, 1943.
  4. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Gezinskaarten (toegangsnummer 5422): Gezinskaart D. Pels (1888).