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Name: STRAUSS, Hermann
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1906 Weiden, Germany
Death Date: 26 May 2001 New Zealand
First Date: 1933
Last Date: 1962
Profession: Lawyer
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. Carmel b. 18 May 1923, d. 15 Feb 1983 Wellington, N. Zealand (prev. m. Julius Schnitzer Stafford 1912-1978); 2. In Hampstead 1955 Liselotte Sophie Hahn (aka Haynes) b. 25 May 1920 Nuremberg, d. 2 May 1972 Wellington, New Zealand
Book Reference: Jews, Glimpses
General Information:
Jews - In 1937, Herman Strauss, one of the first refugees to come to Kenya, is mentioned in the minutes of the Council as having conducted some of the High Festival services.
Glimpses - 1950s - It was during this decade that a refugee became president of the NHC for the first time; he was Herman Strauss from Germany, by now well established in his original profession as a lawyer.
Glimpses - left Kenya in 1962 prior to independence and went to New Zealand.
He and his wife were naturalised New Zealanders