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How Did Mr Van Pels Survive The Holocaust

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Did mr.van pels even do anything to survive the most holocaust or did he do nothing, Letting his friends and family do everything? Mr.van pels is a survivor because he hid with the franks,He stole food in the annex and selled off valables for money.mr. van pels took food at night time in the middle of night when everybody was at sleep and took food back to his room and ate it.he sold of valables for money for cigarettes or food. Mr.frank befriend the frank at one of their open houses and meet at one of her gatherings. if he had never meet the franks or miep , he and his family would had been caught by the green police and sent to a concentration camp and would hade died.
Mr. van pels show many survivor treats like befriending the frank

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