Hermann van Pels

Hermann van Pels (31 March 1898–6 September 1944) was a German-Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands, and who was killed in Auschwitz after they were betrayed to the Gestapo. When Anne Frank's diary was published in 1947 the names of all those mentioned apart from those of the Frank family were changed. Van Pels was given the pseudonym Herman van Daan.

Further reading

• The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
• Anne Frank Remembered Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold
• The Hidden Life of Otto Frank Carol Ann Lee
• Roses from the Earth Carol Ann Lee