James Georg Lau papers
James Georg Lau (1927-2011) was born in Riga, Latvia to a German-Latvian, Harry Lau, and a Jewish mother, Betty (née Firkser) Lau. After their marriage the family identified as Christian and James was baptized into the Protestant church in December, 1927. The family lived in Libau (Liepaja), Latvia where his father was the director of a cork factory that manufactured corks for bottles and linoleum ...





