Fritz Brussel Biography

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Mr. Dussel’s real name was Fritz Pfeffer. He was born on April 30th, 1889 in Giessen, Germany to two Jewish parents. He was a dentist, but had to give that up when the war started. He had to hide somewhere so that he would not be sent to a concentration camp. He knew Mr. Kraler and Mr. Kraler knew that he needed to go somewhere. So, he took him to the annex where the Franks and the van Daans were hiding. He had a wife and a son, but they weren’t allowed to have a relationship, with him being a Jew and her being Aryan. He was in more trouble than he was just being a Jew, so he had more of a reason to be in hiding. In the play, Mr. Dussel didn’t say or do much in the Hanukkah scene, which could give the impression that he wasn’t even Jewish at all. …show more content…
He lived there for a while, until they all got caught, and were all transported to Auschwitz, which was a strict camp. He stayed until October of 1944, and he was then transferred to Neuengamme, which was a concentration camp in northern Germany. He had to do hard labor there, which involves constructing roads. He was given very little to eat. A short while later, almost three months later, he fell ill and died on December 20th, 1944. He died at 55 years old. His son was named Werner Pfeffer, and his dad sent him to England where he could be protected by his uncle. He survived and was okay, and after the war ended he moved to the United States. He changed his name after the war as well; he changed it to Peter

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