Law firm - Dr. Heinrich Strauss

Heinrich Strauss was born in Kindenheim on January 21, 1876. His parents were Moses and Johanna Strauss. In October 1901 - doctorate in law at the University of Erlangen. Subsequently legal trainee at the royal district office in Kaiserslautern. Later established as a lawyer (Justizrat) in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (1917 Lisztstraße 158, last address Ludwigstraße 81). In October 1940 - deportation to the concentration camp Gurs in southern France. - Died in Noe on February 9, 1941. Already in 1933 with the " Ordinance of the General Ministry of the Free State of Bavaria  about the lawyers " the Gleichschaltung of the legal profession was initiated, which had the consequence that the Bavarian bar associations lost their Jewish as well as their politically disliked members - so also the Justizrat  Dr. Heinrich Strauss in Ludwigshafen. In spite of all this, a letter from the Pirmasens building official Altendorf on behalf of the mayor of Pirmasens dated April 10, 1940 to Dr. Heinrich "Israel Strauss in the matter of " Aryanization of the inheritance of Moritz Kahn " - purchase contract Ehape department store - to the "Rheinische Kaufhalle AG" documents that Dr. Heinrich Strauss was still a Jewish lawyer in Ludwigshafen. Dr. Heinrich Strauss was still active as a representative of the interests of Jewish owners against the often inappropriate purchase offers of German interested parties in the course of the Aryanization measures half a year before he was sent to Gurs. - In the directory of Jewish families residing in Ludwigshafen a. Rh. - as of January 1, 1939 " Silcherstraße 4 is indicated as the apartment of Dr. Heinrich Strauss, Theresa Strauss, née Gern and Eva Strauss.