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Peter Van Pels was 18 years old when he died, in May, 1945 in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
The filmmakerâs brother, Jim, was a veteran who died in Vietnam when Peter was 5 years old. He was stationed in the 20th Engr Brigade at Bien Hoa from July 1970 until he was discharged in January 1971. He came back to the US, then returned to Saigon, Vietnam, as a civilian in May 1971. During this time, he worked for as a legal investigator for Bellen, Belli, Bailey and Ingram law firm in Vietnam in 1971-72 and also as a reporter for the Overseas Weekly.