Peter Van Daan's Age at Death
Peter Van Daan was 16 years old when he died in the Holocaust. He was born on November 8, 1926, and died in early 1945 at the Mauthausen concentration camp, just weeks before liberation.
Who Was Peter Van Daan
Peter Van Daan was a teenage resident of the Secret Annex in Amsterdam, where he hid with the Frank family and others during World War II. His experiences are recorded in Anne Frank's diary, which later became one of the most widely read accounts of the Holocaust.
Context and Historical Background
The residents of the Secret Annex were arrested in August 1944 and sent through the Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz and other camps. Peter was transferred to Mauthausen, where he died of exhaustion and illness. For more details on the timeline and victims of the Holocaust, see the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
