Overview (3)
| Born | in Osnabrück, Germany |
| Died | in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Terezín, Czech Republic] (murdered) |
| Nicknames |
Petronella van Daan Kerli Gusti Mrs. Beaverbrook |
Mini Bio (1)
Auguste van Pels was born on September 29, 1900 in Osnabrück, Germany. She was previously married to Herman van Pels. She died on April 9, 1945 in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Terezín, Czech Republic].
Family (4)
| Spouse | Herman van Pels (5 December 1925 - 6 September 1944) (his death) (1 child) |
| Children | Peter van Pels |
| Parents |
Leo Röttgen
Rose Röttgen (Rosenau) |
| Relatives |
Else Leeser (Röttgen)
(sibling)
Margaretha Goldschmidt (Röttgen) (sibling) |
Trivia (9)
Daughter of Leo Röttgen (1965-1943) and Rosa Röttgen (Rosenau) (1871-1943).
Sister of Gertrude Feuchtwanger (Röttgen) (1898-2001), Margaretha Goldschmidt (Röttgen) (1899-1943) and Lotte Gutmann (Röttgen) (1908-1941).
Aunt of Helmuth (Hal) Leeser and Ralph Manfred Leeser,.
Auguste van Pels dies somewhere in Germany or Czechoslovakia, between April 9th and May 8th 1945. While being deported to Theresienstadt, guards throw her in front of the train.
Daughter-in-law Aaron David van Pels (1869-1909) and Lina van Pels (Vorsänger) (1862-1923).
Sister-in-law Max David van Pels (1893-1969) Ida Henriette van Pels (1896-1969), Henny Marx (van Pels) (1896-1926), Gusti van Pels (1874-1926), Peter van Pels (1874-1926), Meta van Pels (1803-1926), Klara Neumann (1874-1926), Berthold Feuchtwanger (1896-1944) and Max Goldschmidt (b.1885).
Auguste and Hermann were deeply concerned about the rise of antisemitism. They no longer saw a future in Nazi Germany and in 1937 decided to move to the Netherlands.
Sister-in-law of Max Gutmann, Berthold Feuchtwanger, Henny Marx, Meta van Pels, Max David van Pels, Gusti van Pels, Klara Neumann, Ida Henriette van Pels and Peter van Pels.
In the night of 1 November, Auguste was transported from Auschwitz-Birkenau to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, together with Anne and Margot. As Bergen-Belsen was overcrowded, the camp command had erected tents. When these were blown down during a fierce storm, the women ended up in an overcrowded barracks with several hundred others.
