write a character sketch of mr van daan
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Mr. Van Daan - The father of the family that hides in the annex along with the Franks and who had worked with Otto Frank as an herbal specialist in Amsterdam. Mr. van Daan’s actual name is Hermann van Pels, but Anne calls him Mr. van Daan in the diary. According to Anne, he is intelligent, opinionated, pragmatic, and somewhat egotistical. Mr. van Daan is temperamental, speaks his mind openly, and is not afraid to cause friction, especially with his wife, with whom he fights frequently and openly. He dies in the gas chambers at Auschwitz in October or November of 1944.
Mr. Van Daan was really Hermann Van Pels, but his name was changed to Van Daan when the diary was published. He was in the meat business, but when the Nazis imposed restrictions on Jewish businesses, he sold his family business and went to work for Mr. Otto Frank as a meat seasoning specialist. It is this relationship that makes it possible for Mr. Van Daan, his wife Petronella (as Anne calls her), and their son Peter to go into hiding with the Franks as life becomes increasingly dangerous.