When did the Van Danns move in with the Franks in The diary of a young girl?
I have to start with a confusing thing, that the name Anne uses in her diary isn’t the actual name of the family who joins them. She calls them “Van Daan” but their real name is “Van Pels”. I have no idea what-so-ever why she changes the name though. She also calles the other tenant, a jewish dentist, “Mr. Dussel” while his real name was Fritz Pfeffer. The Van Daan/ Van Pels family moved in with the Frank family right at the beginning (July 13, 1942) Anne Frank’s first impression of the new Secret Annex tenants is recorded in her diary on August 14, 1942: “The Van Daans arrived on July 13th. We thought they were coming on the 14th, but from the 13th to 16th the Germans were sending out call-up notices right and left and causing a lot of unrest, so they decided it would be safer to leave a day too early than a day too late. Peter Van Daan arrived at nine-thirty in the morning (while we were still at breakfast).” Anne becomes close with Peter as they spend time in the attic trying to esc
