Burgemeester Jonkheer mr. Theodore Willem Serraris

The young mayor, esquire, mr. Theodore Willem Serraris, remained at his post after the occupation by the Germans, like many other mayors. He had no easy task, because he also had to cooperate with the orders of the occupier. It was known that the mayor was certainly not a friend of the Germans and that he opposed them wherever possible. For example, he tried to keep many young men out of the so-called Arbeitseinsatz or labor camps. The local leader of the NSB in particular had anticipated him and the man did everything he could to take the place of the mayor. Serraris, along with a number of other mayors, was captured and fired on July 8, 1944. He was deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he died just before the end of the war.