Actually, Mr. Van Daan threw Mouschi (Peter's cat) out because there was too little food for everyone and a cat. Nobody knows where Mouschi went after that. This is untrue. Today I wrote to Miep Gies (she is alive and 100 now). She wrote back: Peter's cat did run way because of all the people but came back when all was quiet again. Elli and I kept it on the premises and saw to it's well being. Best Regards, Miep Gies. An email to treasure!
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Peter van Pels ended up at Auschwitz. Otto Frank looked after him as much as he could. In January 1945, when the Nazi's began destroying the camp to hide what they had done, Peter was taken away on the "Death March". The Nazi's marched away all the male prisoners who were able to walk. Mr. Frank, who was very ill in the infirmary, begged Peter to hide there instead of going out in bitter weather, but Peter refused. He thought he would have a better chance of survival if he left. Unfortunately, this was not true. Peter ended up at Mauthausen concentration camp and died shortly before its liberation. If he had remained in Auschwitz, he would have been liberated very soon.
Peter van Pels was captured by the Nazis in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz. He died in the concentration camp in either May or early April 1945, shortly before the camp was liberated.