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Opera about Peter van Pels premieres in Osnabrück, portraying him beyond Anne Frank's friend
A new opera in Osnabrück explores the life of Peter van Pels, who was born there in 1926 before hiding in Amsterdam with Anne Frank. Artistic director Ulrich Mokrüsch aims to give Van Pels his own voice, depicting his journey from Germany through the Holocaust to his death at Mauthausen, emphasizing his identity as a normal teenager rather than just a historical footnote.
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