George Lauer papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- George Lauer
Biographical History
George Lauer was a survivor of the Terezin ghetto and served as head of the ghetto sanitation department both prior to, and immediately following, liberation.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George G. Lauer
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Nicholas Lauer donated the George Lauer papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Scope and Content
The George Lauer papers include three postcards from Liselotte Schulz (cousin of Edith Lauer) and Alfred and Anette Kornfeld (parents of Edith Lauer) while they were imprisoned at Theresienstadt. Alfred Kornfeld died in Theresienstadt, Anette Kornfeld was transferred to Warsaw and perished in unknown circumstances, and Liselotte Schulz is believed to have been killed in one of the death camps.
System of Arrangement
The George Lauer papers are arranged as a single series: George Lauer papers, 1942
People
- George Lauer
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jews--Czech Republic--Nejdek.
- Concentration camps--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ústecký kraj)--Correspondence.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague.
- Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
- Jews--Germany--Hamburg.
Genre
- Document