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Hermann Van Pels

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The Resume

    (March 31, 1898-September 6, 1944)
    Business Partner to Otto Frank
    Hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam (1942-1944) with his family and the Franks
    Gassed at Auschwitz a month after his arrest

Why he might be annoying:

    Anne Frank described him as selfish, inconsiderate and greedy.
    He smoked.
    While in hiding, he sold his wife's prized possessions on the black market so he could buy cigarettes.
    He disapproved of the Edith and Otto Frank's parental skills.
    He physically abused Peter while in hiding.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was helped Otto Frank build up his spice business.
    He was selected for the gas chambers when he injured his hand and went back to the barracks to rest with other ill prisoners, and then he was selected for extermination.
    He was the only 'Secret Annexe' member to be gassed.
    The situation that he lived under would cause anyone's worst faults to show.
    Though Anne didn't like him, family and friends said that he was a decent person.

Credit: Xer


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 112 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 115 Votes: 51.30% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 49 Votes: 61.22% Annoying