Werner Rudolf Breslauer fled in 1938 with his family to the Netherlands. He lived on the Lorentzkade 8 and temporarily gave shelter there to other refugees. In September 1940 he was forced to move to Alphen a/d Rijn. From there he moved to Utrecht in 1941.
See for more information and pictures of Werner Rudolf Breslauer and his children: G. van der Harst and L. Lucassen, Nieuw in Leiden. Plaats en betekenis van vreemdelingen in een Hollandse stad (1918-1955) (Leiden 1998) 56-58.
In Westerbork Breslauer's great knowledge of photography aroused the interest of the camp commandant Gemmeker, who made him Westerbork’s official camp photographer. Werner Rudolf Breslauer took numerous photographs of the camp and worked on the over 70-minutes-long ‘Westerbork film’ at the beginning of 1944.
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See also the biography and several photos at the website of the Jewish Historical Museum.