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Herman Pels, birth 28 Nov 1890 Delfzijl,GR, died 16 OKT 1942 Auschwitz,pl, Concentration camp, occupation: Butcher, son of Nathan Pels and Berendje Dalsheim
Moved from Delfzijl to Ostende in 1939

(divorced) to:
Cornelia Gans, birth 26 MRT 1892 Farmsum,GR, died 28 Jan 1919 Delfzijl,GR, buried Delfzijl,GR, daughter of Simon (Lion) Gans and Gelle Goudsmit
First wife of Herman Pels.

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Herman Pels
(divorced) to:
Jacoba Valk, birth 21 Jun 1890 Wildervank,GR, died 18 Jan 1934 Delfzijl,GR, buried 20 Jan 1934 Delfzijl,GR
1) Betje Pels, birth 20 Nov 1921 Delfzijl,GR, died 5 Feb 1943 Auschwitz,pl, Concentration camp, occupation: Student nurse
Was student nurse (according to Joods Monument) in "Het Apeldoornse Bos", a Jewish psychiatric home. On the night of 21-22 January 1943 the home was emptied. Patients and staff were deported to Auschwitz, where everyone was killed on
2) Jacob Pels, birth 16 Jul 1924 Groningen,GR, died 10 OKT 1942 Auschwitz,pl
Jacob was 20/21 when he died in Auschwitz. During the war he lived with his father in Oostende.

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Herman Pels to:
Siena Joosten, birth 26 MEI 1898 Hoogezand,GR, died ONG 28 Sep 1942 Auschwitz,pl, Date of arrival in Auschwitz. Deported from MALINES,CASERNE DOSSIN,Camp in Belgium
Moved to Ostende in 1939

De gezinnen van Herman en Simon werden op 26.09.1942 met het 11de konvooi uit Mechelen naar Auschwitz gedeporteerd. Het konvooi bestaat uit 1742 personen, waaronder 523 kinderen. Bij aankomst in Auschwitz op 28.09.1942 wordt 80% meteen
vergast (het hoogste aantal uitroeiingen van de hele Belgische deportatie). 30 gedeporteerden (1,7%) overleefden de oorlog (KLARSFELD, S. en STEINBERG, M., Memoriaal van de deportatie der joden uit Belgiče, Vereniging der joodse
weggevoerden in Belgiče, Brussel, 1982, 26).
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