• Dutch nobility in the Dutch East Indies 1942-1949
• Dutch peerage

Date of birth:

May 5th, 1892 (Ponorogo, Dutch Indies)

Date of death:

December 18th, 1942 (Soerabaja/East Java, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
Plot: BBB. Grave: 176.

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Lived in Surabaya. Married. Employé at the tapioca and fiber company Bendoredjo near Kediri (East Java). Member of the Indische NSB. Interpreter at the Kempeitai (Japanese military police) in Surabaya. According to the unpublished NIOD manuscript Het Indisch Verzet during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies by A.G. Vromans and R. de Bruin, W. von Ranzow, like all interpreters, engaged in "subversive activities". After being caught, he was put to death, according to Vromans and De Bruin. Died in the internment camp in Soerabaja (East Java) on December 18, 1942. Father of 1 son and three daughters.

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