Kreisvorsteher (representative of the community). "He was a very charitable man. He loaned money without interest to the poorer Jews of the region. Many impoverished people came to him for help. On one...
Strauss is one of the more common German Jewish surnames. It is possible that the name came from the signs over the Jews' houses in Frankfurt. The symbol for Strauss being the ostrich.
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