Wilhelm Coenraad Laros papers

Identifier
irn507336
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0053
  • RG-32.011.01
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1990
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507336

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Wilhelm C. Laros

Biographical History

Wilhelm Laros was born June 9, 1902, in Delft, Netherlands. Laros became affiliated with the Jehovah's Witnesses as a youth and became an active leader. He later was arrested by the Germans for his religious beliefs, interned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and released from that camp after 4 1/2 years. Laros presently resides in Delft.

Archival History

Wilhelm C. Laros

Acquisition

The materials were collected by Wilhelm Laros during and after the Holocaust. The Laros papers were initially donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. via Robert Buckley. They were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by Holly Snyder of the Oral History Department on June 12, 1991.

Scope and Content

Consists of copies of a testimony and other materials relating to Wilhelm C. Laros and Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust. Among the topics mentioned are concentration camps, death marches, and activities of Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe before, during, and after the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Laros, Wilhelm Coenraad.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Hague (Netherlands)
  • Death marches.
  • Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
  • Delft (Netherlands)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp tattoos.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.