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Jan-Peter Pfeffer(1934-1944)

Jan- Peter Pfeffer was born on May 3rd, 1934 in Amsterdam, Holland. His father was Heinz, was a German-Jewish refugee who married Henriette De Leeuw, a Dutch-Jewish woman. He was only 18 months older than his brother, Thomas Pfeffer. After his 9th birthday, Jan-Peter, Thomas and his grandmother were sent to the Westerbork Transit Camp. Then they were transported to the Terezin Ghetto. When he was only 10 years old when he and his family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Jan-Peter was lucky enough not to be sent immediately the gas chamber.He and his family survived Auschwitz-Birkneau for two months. Then,on July 11th, 1944, Jan-Peter and his brother, Thomas were taken away to the gas chamber where they perished. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/idcard.php?ModuleId=10006363