He was the only member of the eight occupants hiding in the Secret Annex to be gassed to death. Hermann was put in a gas chamber when he injured his thumb and is unable to do any of the hard labor he was assigned to.
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Peter Van Pels was a boy who lived in "the secret annex" with Anne Frank and her family. Van Pels' father was Hermann Van Pels. He worked with Anne's father, so that was why the Franks' brought the Van Pels with them into their hiding place.
She is belived to have died on a death march of prisoners to some camp called Terezin in Czecheslovakia or shortly after arriving there.
Van Pals
Herman van Pels was a man mentioned in Anne Frank's diary. He was sent to the gas chambers in Auschwitz after only being there for a few days.
Peter van pels was sixteen when he went into hiding.