Talk:Louis Lam

I'd like to do more research on Mr. Lam. I think there is a interesting story here. Anyone else interested? Jpecore 21:01, 26 February 2008 (EST)

Notes

Magician Monthly Vol. 32 / Jan 1936 / pg 19

I.B.M. concert on the 2nd of December, 1935. The second half opened with Charles Pearson, followed by Eric Mason, Percy Press, Hugh Mackintosh, Louis Lam and Alice Coty with Herbert Aldridge. Our informant was very pleased with the show which, as usual, threatened to run into the early morning.

Magician Monthly Vol. 32* / March 1936 / pg 42

The Exposure Conference held at the Transport Hall on the 22nd February, 1936, under the Chairmanship of Fred Montague, M.P. We met many famous people in the World of Magic including Oswald Williams, Robert Harbin, Eric Mason, Shaun McAlister, Ellis Stanyon, Arthur Prince, Fred Culpitt, Cecil Lyle, Douglas Dexter, Fred Brezin, Archie Byford, Louis Lam and Leslie Chard.

Some related dates from holocaust timeline

• May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade Holland
• June 1, 1942 - Jews in France, Holland, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania ordered to wear yellow stars.
• May, 1942 - In occupied Poland, Sobibor extermination camp becomes operational.
• June 11, 1942 - Eichmann meets with representatives from France, Belgium and Holland to coordinate deportation plans for Jews.
• July 1st, 1942, the German authorities took control of a camp at Westerbork, Holland. Westerbork became officially a "transit camp" (Durchgangslager Westerbork).
• July 17, 1942- Himmler visits Auschwitz-Birkenau for two days, inspecting all ongoing construction and expansion, then observes the extermination process from start to finish as two trainloads of Jews arrive from Holland.
• Oct 14, 1943 - Massive escape from Sobibor as Jews and Soviet POWs break out, with 300 making it safely into nearby woods. Of those 300, fifty will survive.
• Aug 4, 1944 - Anne Frank and family arrested by Gestapo in Amsterdam.
• Aug 7, 1944 - Ann Frank and family sent to Westerbork transit camp
• Sept 3, 1944 - Ann Frank and family deported on what would be one of the last transport from Westerbork to the Auschwitz.