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Peter Van Pels was 18 years old when he died, in May, 1945 in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
His donation propelled the project. 1  Donald A. Pels, a media executive whose early investment in cellphone networks paid off for his company and for himself, died on Oct. 16 at his home in Manhattan, where he had become a major philanthropist in his later years, kick-starting the development of the elevated High Line park. He was 86.