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"300 Jahre Auswanderung aus Otterberg.""A Die Gemarkung vor der Klostergrundung 1. Geographische Lage.""Abraham Straus, Egineer.""And that as they say, is history..." by Joan Adler"Atlas For Germanic Genealogy.""Autobiographie von Dr. Hans Steinebrei.""Biogrpahical Sketches: Straus, Isidor, Nathan, and Oscar, Jack Isidor.""Darin ein loses Blatt, numeriet 41." (Jacob Straus)"Die Bruder Straus aus Otterberg- Millionarre und Diplomaten""Geschichte Der Juden In Otterberg.""Geschichte Der Juden N Dirmstein.""Geschichte der Juden in Otterberg.""Geschichte der Juden in Otterberg." (The History of the Jews in Otterberg) by Dr. Hans Steinebrei."Good Bye Bayern Grub Gott America Auswanderung aus Bayern nach Amerika seit 1683.""House in which Oscar S. Straus was born.""It's All Your Pfalz""It's All Your Pfalz.""Landesarchiv Speyer D 13 Nr. 21-31: Rechnungen der Amstkellerei Dirmstein 1779-1790.""Loeser.""Oskar Straus-Composer.""Otterberg im Schnee.""Otterberg, A History.""Pfalzer in Amerika.""Searching for the Almost Forgotten: The Straus Family Before America""Straus Genealogical Miscellany.""Supplement to the Geneological Tree of the Family of Jakob Straus of Otterberg in the Rhone-Palantine.""The American Jewish Album." By Allon Schoener"The Animal Painter, Johann Roos (1631-1685) Remarks on his Portrait of Himself.""The Cistercian Monastery of Otterberg""The French Enlightenment and the Jews.""The Lazarus Straus House in Otterberg.""The ancestors of the Jewish Otterberger Straus Family in the 18th and early 19th century.."1840 Henrico County VA Census: Emanuel Straus.1850 Henrico County VA Slave Census: Emanuel Straus, One salve age 40 and one slave age 12.1870 San Francisco California Census, page 2231880 San Francisco California Census: ED 90.1913 Passenger Manifest: SS "Imperator. Hans and Martha Straus.1918 Draft Registration: Harry Hans Straus, New Rochelle, NY. September 1918. One page. Cigarette Paper Booklet.1930 US Census: New York, NY - Harry H. Straus and family at 135 Central Park West.1930 US Census: New York, NY - Harry H. Straus and family at 135 Central Park West. One oversized page.1936 Passenger Manifest: "SS Europa" Ludwig Straus, 55. Dec. 17-23, 19361938 Passenger Manifest: "SS Queen Mary." Ludwig Theodor Straus.1938 Passenger Manifest: SS New Amsterdam,Kurt and Dorothea Reiss.Advertisement: "The Best Mountain Living, - Straus Park: A Masterfully Planned Mountain Village, Brevard, NC." Wall Street Journal. Undated. One column.Affidavit: Percy S. Straus affidavit for Bernhard and Dina Auerbacher.Album of Headstones: Old Jewish CemeteriesAn oral history of Werner F. Auerbacher by Frederick NebekerAncesrty of Otto Straus in GermanArchitectural Drawing:The home of Julius Straus in Rudolstadt, Germany.Article" "Smith Group Warns of Begging Menace," The New York Times. 7 December 1930.Article: "$25,000 Gift Added to Hospitals Fund," The New York Times.Article: "$625,000 Received In Federation Drive," The New York Times. 14 November 1932.Article: "Add to Old Gifts for Jewish Charities," The New York Times. 2 November 1931.Article: "Betty Brydges Fiancee," The New York Times. 23 January 1949. One page.Article: "Betty J. Brydges Is Wed In Virginia," The New York Times. 19 April 1949.Article: "Brief History of the Family Origin."Article: "Cigarette Papers Now U.S. Industry," The New York Times. 9 October 1949.Article: "Death of Edgar Straus," The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 December 1899.Article: "Federation Lists Gifts of $1,012,000," The New York Times. 25 November 1929.Article: "Fund for Hospitals Mounts to $375,890," The New York Times. 29 December 1932.Article: "Gets Palmer Fellowship at Columbia University," The New York Times. 16 July 1951.Article: "Grete Baldauf German Waitress Poetress." August 18, 1900. Chicago Tribune.Article: "H. H. Straus, Maker of Cigarette Papers," The New York Times. 28 February 1951.Article: "Isidor Jacobs, Business, Civic Leader of S.F., Dies in London: Ex-President of California Canneries Stricken at Age 68," San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco. 7 may 1926. Page 3, Column 1. Two pages.Article: "Jewish Institute Course: Intensive Summer Session Set for Theological Students," The New York Times. 5 June 1944.Article: "Karl Straus," by Deborah Miles.Article: "M. Eugene Napoleon-Beffard's Concert," "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 2 October 1895.Article: "Many Tourists Sail Today For Europe," The New York Times. 15 May 1923.Article: "Marriages: Crystal - Baldauf," The New York Times. 26 January 1938.Article: "Marriages: King-Straus," The New York Times. 20 February 1939.Article: "Mill closes, town reels" Beset by joblessness, Brevard finds joy in rousing high school musical," newsobserver.com 8 June 2003Article: "Mrs. J.E. Hill Asks Divorce: Affinities Basis of Charge: Isidor Jacobs' Daughter Wants Custody and $50 Alimony."Article: "Mrs. Roger J. King Has Daughter," The New York Times. 30 June 1950.Article: "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 24 August 1895. One printed page.Article: "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 6 January 1900.Article: "Ocean Travelers," The New York Times. 12 December 1933.Article: "Palestine Relief Gets $47,120 in Day," The New York Times. 14 September 1929.Article: "S.F. Society Girl Granted Quick Divorce: Blasting War-Time March Surprises Friends as Mrs. Erne Jacobs Wins Divorce," San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco. 6 May 1927.Article: "Second Chamber Matinee," The Sydney Mail. Music and Drama Section, 5 December 1891. Page 1276.Article: "Send Contributions for the Neediest Cases in One Day: Nearly $250,000 More is Required to Equal Last Year's Total," The New York Times. 8 December 1926.Article: "Straus Operetta Is A Hit In Vienna," 6 December 1908.Article: "The Captive Soul," "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 28 September 1895. One printed page.Article: "The Orpheus Club," The Sydney Mail. 13 July 1889. Page 69.Article: "The Sydney Liedertafel," The Sydney Mail. 6 July 1889. Page 13.Article: "Wal-Mart and Yahoo Push Up Shares in Thin Trading," The New York Times. 27 December 2001.Article: Ideal Studios. "The Late Mr. E. Straus has died at Altadena California, whither he went recently from Sydney." The Sydney Mail. 6 January 1900. Page 36.Article: Leipsic. "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 10 July 1897.Article: Leipsic. "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 24 April 1897.Article: Leipsic. "Musical Notes," The Sydney Mail. 30 December 1899.Article: Nugent, H.T., Field Supervisor. "Report of Survey Commercialized Hemp (1934-35 Crop), in the State of Minnesota." October 1938. Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics, Minneapolis, Minn.Article: The Sydney Mail, Music and Drama Section. 22 December 1888. Page 1280.Article: Track Dedicated to Straus," UNCA Today. Spring 1993.Aug. 1924: Passenger Manifest: Harry H. Straus: "SS Berengaria."Birth Certificate for Moses Straus. (1807)Birth Index: John Hans Goldberger, Jr. Born in Asheville, NC, 28 Aril 1954. Book 43, Page867.Birth Record # 33: Carolina Straus, daughter of Salomon Straus and his third wife, Sara Mayer. Recorded 13 May 1833 in Otterberg. Printed form with handwritten entries. In Old German.Birth Record # 34: Carolina Straus, daughter of Salomon Straus and his third wife, Sara Mayer. Recorded 15 June 1832 in Otterberg. Printed form with handwritten entries. In Old German.Birth Record # 44: Amalia Straus, daughter of Joseph Straus and Johanetta, nee Herzog. Recorded 20 May 1937 in Otterberg. Printed form with handwritten entries. In Old German.Birth Record # 58: Jacob Straus, so of Salomon Straus and his third wife, Sara Meyer. Recorded 6 August 1834 in Otterberg. Printed form with handwritten entries. In Old German.Birth Record: Carolina Straus, daughter of Isaac Straus and Johanette nee GRÜNEBAUM of Otterberg. Recorded 15 May 1834.Birth Record: Ludwig Theodor Straus, born Aug. 17, 1881 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. Father: Hermann Straus. Mother: Luise Elisabeth Mannheimer.Book: Du Toit, Brian M., Ecusta and the Legacy of Harry H. Straus. Baltimore: PublishAmerica. 2007.Book: Fahrer, Sharon C., A Home in Shalom'ville: The History of Asheville's Jewish Community.Book: Geschichte, Haus der Bayerischen. "Good Bye Bayern-Grub Gott America: Auswanderung aus Bayern nach Amerika seit 1683." Published by: Bayerisches Staatsminsterium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Ausburg. 2004.Book: Horter, Lothar and Michael Tilly. "A Reminder: Witnesses of the Past." Published in English by: Straus Historical Society, Inc. Smithtown, N.Y. Published in German by: Municipality Federation of Enkenbach-Alsenborn. 2007.Book: Horter, Lothar and Michael Tilly. Mahnende Zeugen der Verganfenheit. Published in German by: Municipality Federation of Enkenbach-Alsenborn. 2007. Untranslated copy.Book: Rochlin, Harriet and Fred, Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Page 196.Book: Steinebrei, Dr. Hans. "300 Jahre Auswanderung Otterberg." Translated: "300 Years of Immigration from Otterberg." Published by Bezirks Verband Pflaz. 1999. Editions by Frank Rink and Roland Paul.Book: Tama, M. Diogene. (Original Publisher). Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrim, or Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, Convoked at Paris by an Imperial and Royal Decree, Dated May 30, 1806.Book: Wilhelm, Cornelia, editor. New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History, Volume 4. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 2013.Booklet for the Straus Family History Tour. Complied by Joan Adler. September 13-19, 2006.Booklet: Die Lustigen Nibelunger: Burleske Operette Von Oscar Straus. (Light Operettas about the Nibelungen tribe of the Middle Ages) 2008/2009.Brochure: "Historischer Stadtkern Otterberg." Lists historical sites in Otterberg on a map as well as written descriptions of each site. Source: Klaus BrantzenBurial: John H. Goldberger. Find-A-Grave. Image of tombstone, John H. 1906-1988 and Norman T. 1920. Burial at Gillespie Evergreen Cemetery, Brevard, NC.Business Paper: ....brief, mentions Johanetta GRUENEBAUM No. 373. 31 July 1854. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: ....brief, mentions L. Straus junior. No. 291. 6 May 1852. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: An obligation of four hundred Gulden expressly renounced to Isaac Strauss of Otterberg in his capacity of legal guardian of Lazarus Neuberger, son of the already deceased Hana Newberger, during his lifetime merchant in Winwelier...Business Paper: Auction. Isaac Strauss is mentioned. No. 6. January 1833. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Ausfertigung. Lazarus Strauss, Handelsmann in Otterberg. December 1826. Four handwritten pages. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: Auszug, mentions Jacobi Kohns, Isack und Lazarus Strauss. 1839. In Old German. Not translated. Four oversized handwritten pages. Nine regular size pages.Business Paper: Begins ..."Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt..." No. 621. 1837. Lazarus Straus junior is mentioned. In Old German. Not translated. Three handwritten pages.Business Paper: Begins with Auszug. (Statement or Extract) 1828. Lazarus Strauss is named. Four handwritten pages. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Begins with Auszug. Lazarus Strauss, Otterberg in mentioned. No. 146. 1831. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Begins with Auszug. No. 399. 30 August 1834. In Old German. Not translated. Sixteen handwritten pages.Business Paper: Begins …Christian Julius Jacobi. No. 150. 1831. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Distribution of legacy left by Helena nee Merz (?) former widow of the deceased Nathan GRUENEBAUM, during his lifetime merchant of Wumweiler. 13 December 1818. In Old German.Business Paper: Gottlieb Hildebrand and his wife Elisabetha nee Hubing sold to Isaak Strauss 47 Aren (1 Ar. = 100 square meters). A description of the land is included on these pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koeings von Bayern. 1836. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs Das Gesuch der Israeliten Salomon Straus und Lazarus Straus jr. von Otterberg...No. 469. 26 June 1850. In Old German. Not translated. One handwritten page.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs No. 418. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Sixteen handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs No. 419. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Seven handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von ... No. 195. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von ... No. 207. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von Bayern No. 339. 13 April 1842. In Old German. Not translated. Eight handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von Bayern, mentions Isaac Straus. No. 205. 27 March 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von Bayern, mentions L. Straus junior No. 469. 11 November 1842. In Old German. Not translated. Eight handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von Bayern, mentions Lazarus Straus junior No. 482. 4 October 1840. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs von Bayern. No. 125. 23 December 1836. In Old German. Not translated. Eight handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs. 30 October 1836. Isaac Strauss is mentioned. In Old German. Not translated. Three handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs. No. 347. 1836. Addendum names Issak Strauss. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs. No. 360. 8 May 1836. In Old German. Not translated. Nine handwritten pages.Business Paper: Im Namen Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs. No. 457. 7 August 1836. In Old German. Not translated. Seven handwritten pages.Business Paper: In the Name of His Majesty the King. The request of the Israelites Salomon Strauss and Lazarus Strauss Jr. from Otterberg, for release from the determination regarding the suitable decree from 17 March 1808. Speyer. 26 June 1810.Business Paper: In the name of his Majesty of Koenigs. No. 137. 27 March 1833. In Old German. Not translated. Twenty one handwritten pages.Business Paper: Johanetta GRUENEBAUM, mentions Straus No. 76. 23 February (?) 1849. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Johanette GRUENEBAUM is mentioned. Signed W. Thau. April 1832. In Old German. Not translated. Two handwritten pages.Business Paper: Johanette GRUENEBAUM is named. 4 April 1833. In Old German. Not translated. Nine handwritten pages.Business Paper: Lazarus Strauss, Handelsmann, Otterberg, Protokoll Eingang....September 25, 1826.Business Paper: Mentions Christopher Kotter and Annamaria Kotter 8 January 1852. In Old German. Not translated. Eight handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions I Straus 27 March 1846. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions Isaac Straus and L. Straus junior. No. 292. 9 July 1850. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions Johanetta GRUENEBAUM No. 146. 25 May 1855. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions Johanette GRUENEBAUM and Isaac Straus 27 December 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Three handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions Johanette GRUENEBAUM, Isaac Strauss and Lazarus Straus junior. No. 301. 23 December 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Seven handwritten pages.Business Paper: Mentions Lazarus Straus and L. Straus Jr. No. 493. 23 November 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Partial document. 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Two handwritten pages.Business Paper: Record of intention and agreement to marry. Salomon Strauss, merchant living in Otterberg and Johanna Weil, without profession, also of Otterberg. What follows are conditions of marriage, the dowry. 3 April 1818. In Old German.Business Paper: Releasepaper, Margaretha Weber, wife of Peter Messing of Rodenbach, Extract of inheritance given to their children No. 3840 & 3607, No. 124. 20 December 1841. In Old German. Five handwritten pages. Translated by Gertrud Miller.Business Paper: Sold to Isaak Strauss one "acker" of land for the sum of five hundred fifty Gulden. 28 June 1816. In Old German.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Isaac Straus No. 138. March 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Isaak Straus Otterberg. No. 71. 1834. In Old German. Not translated. Six handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Jacob Graaff No. 295. 20 May 1842. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Johanetta GRUENEBAUM, mentions Isaac Straus and L. Straus junior. No. 48. 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Johanetta GRUENEBAUM, mentions Straus No. 86. 7 February 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Seven handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Johannette GRUENEBAUM No. 268. 20 May 1842. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Lazarus Straus No. 419. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Lazarus Straus junior No. 418. 1838. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief fur Valentin Sachmann, on last page mentions Madison Jefferson County, Indiana and New York No. 13. 11 January 1841. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Steigbrief, mentions Isaac Straus and L. Straus junior. 24 November 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt No. 36. 1839. In Old German. Not translated. Three handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Isaac Straus, Lazarus Straus and L.Straus junior No. 533. 14 November 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Isaac Straus. No. 408. 27 December (?) 1841. In Old German. Not translated. Five handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Johanette GRUENEBAUM and L. Straus jun. No. 422. 12 October 1841. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Johanette GRUENEBAUM, Isaac Straus and L. Straus junior. Cover page contains the name of Isaac Straus of Otterberg. No. 506. 27 December 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Seven handwritten pgsBusiness Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Johanette GRUENEBAUM. Cover page contains the names of Johanette (?) GRUENEBAUM, Otterberg and Isaac Straus No. 270. 27 April 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions L. Straus jr. No. 391. 7 August 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions L. Straus junior No. 511. 5 December (?) 1842. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions L. Straus junior. Cover page contains the name of Isaac Straus. No. 49. 25 January 1844. In Old German. Not translated. Three handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Lazarus Straus junior. No. 371. 24 July 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.Business Paper: Vor Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt, mentions Lazarus Straus. Cover page contains the name of Otterberg and Isaac Straus No. 278. 5 May 1843. In Old German. Not translated. Four handwritten pages.CD: Three disc set: oral history interview with Sylvia Patla Straus by the University of North Carolina - Asheville.Census: 1940 Baltimore MD Census: ED 4404, Sheet 10A: Carl Straus, age 19, lodger in the home of Joseph Sussman.Census: 1940 Brevard, Transylvania County NC Census: ED 88-2B, Sheet 9B: Ludwig T. Straus, Elizabeth N. Straus and Carl Straus, age 19.Census: 1940 Brevard, Transylvania County NC Census: ED 88-2B, Sheet 9B: Ludwig T. Straus, Elizabeth N. Straus and Carl Straus, age 19.Certificate verifying Jacob Loesser's name change.ContractCrocker-Langley Telephone Direcory, May 1899 Page 275.Crocker-Langley Telephone Directory (1899) Page 907DVD: Making Their Mark: From German Immigrants to New York City Icons. A Special Project for the German Consulate General New York. Produced by Todd Weinstein, Steve Zehentner and PROSPEKT.2008.DVD: Straus Family History Tour Slideshow. Edited by Joan Adler. 13-19 September 2006.DVD: Straus Family History Tour Slideshow. Filmed by Alan F. Hockstader, Edited by Joan Adler. 13-19 September 2006.Death Certificate 1161: Henry Jacobs, 1101 Jones Street. 17 February 1917.Death Certificate 5207: Fred William Jacobs Jr., 358 Arguello. 2 July 1962.Death Certificate 6643: William AKA Will F. Jacobs, 1075 California Street. 2 November 1980.Death Certificate for Abraham Straus. (1867)Death Certificate for Issac Straus.Death Certificate for Jacob Straus.Death Certificate for Philippine Rothschild.Death Record for Lazarus Straus Sr.Death Record for Magdelena Straus 1835Death Record: Amalia Straus, daughter of Salomon Straus and Elisabetha Barbara Weil. 4 March 1829 in Otterberg.Death Record: Barbara Straus (Elisabetha Barbara Straus).Death Record: Benjamin Straus, son of Isaac Straus Johanette nee GRÜNEBAUM of Otterberg. 5 July 1828.Death Record: Carolina Straus, daughter of Isaac Straus and Johanette nee Grünebaum of Otterberg. 9 August 1839.Death Record: Carolina Straus, daughter of Salomon Straus and Sara Mayer, Recorded 3 July 1832 in Otterberg.Death Record: Carolina Straus, daughter of Sara Mayer Straus. Recorded in September 1832.Death Record: Emanuel Straus, son of Seligman (Salomon) Straus and Elisabetha (Barbara Weil). 18 May 1829.Death Record: Johanna Straus Weil. Oct. 9, 1825Death Record: Salomon Straus, husband of Johanna Weil and Sara Weil. Died in Kaiserslautern 18 November 1872.Death certificate for Joesph RothschildDeclaration of Intent: Baldauf, Annemarie, U.S. District Court, Southern District. #413531Declaration of Intent: Certificate # 410904, John Goldberger, 601 West 160th St., New York, NY. State of New York, Southern District Court. Dated 2 March 1938.Declaration of Intent: Hans Straus, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, Number 7193, page 204. 17 June 1913.Declaration of Intent: Ludwig Theodor StrausDeclaration of Intent: Margarete Straus #424496Declaration of Intent: No. 436507. State of New York, Southern District Court; Karl Herman Straus, 5 July 1939.Declaration of Intent: Nov. 1939. Ludwig Theodor Straus.Declaration: Napoleon, Emperor of France, King of Italy and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, and H. B. Maret, The Secretary Minister of the State, at the Imperial Palace of the Tuileries. 17 March 1808. Declaration. In French.Die Geschichte der Juden im SaarlandEmail: Straus Historical Society to German Trip Participants. List of people who will be going on the trip to Germany.Emanuel StrausEmanuel Straus Descendants:Explanation of Lazarus Straus 1840 LetterFamily Tree: Bernheim and Bissinger family descendants.Find A Grave: Ludwig Theodor Straus, Born Aug 17, 1881 Germany, Died 1953 North Carolina. Burial Gillespie Evergreen Cemetery, Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina.Footnote.com: Baldauf, Gunther. Biography, Picture and Information from Footnote.com. 27 September 2009.Form for Person Claiming Citizenship Through Naturalization of Husband or Parent: Martha Washington Straus. Number 123080 issued in Washington 29 December 1920.Form for Person Claiming Citizenship Through Naturalization of Husband or Parent: Martha Washington Straus. Number 505818Futher Data on the Straus Family by B. FelsenthalIllustration: Gunther H. Baldauf by daughter Annemarie Baldauf. Undated. One page.Images of OtterbergIndexed Register of Marriages: Buncombe County, N.C., Karl H. Straus and Sylvia Patla, 30 March 1952.Internet Article: "Letter from Sylvia and Karl Straus indicating withdrawal of their verbal agreement to donate their home to the Temple for use as a parsonage; dated 20 April 1966. One page.Internet Article: "Natural health products firm celebrates 25 years," Your Online Source for Quinnipiac News and Events. 3 May, 2004. One page.Internet Article: "SHOAH; Choosing to Remember: From the Shoah to the Mountains," Survivors & Witnesses In Western North Carolina. Two pages.Internet Article: "Trend: Oscar Straus: Reigen Walzer."Internet Home Page: Capital Bank. One page. (Karl Srtraus)Internet article: "AAPA Participates in The Human Race" Mountain Area Information Network: The Community network for Western North Carolina. 16 April 2005. One page.Itinerary: Straus Tour to Germany.July 7,1923: Passenger Manifest: Harry H. Straus: "SS "Berengaria"Landesarchiv Speyer F 5 Nr. 647: Verlegungsprotokoll des Amts Niederkirchen 1783-1803.Leeds, Wilber, San Francisco, CA, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 21 September 1982.Letter from B. Felsenthal to Dr. Cyrus Adler Dec. 1892Letter from Clarise Illes to Bob Straus (Aug. 1996)Letter from Clarise Illes to Friedrich R. Willmershuser.Letter from Emanuel Straus to Maurice Straus (1863)Letter from Friedrich R. Willmerhsuser to Clarisse Illes.Letter from Friedrich R. Wollmershuser to Clarise Illes (1993)Letter from Friedrich R. Wollmershuser to Clarise Illes. (1996)Letter from Hans Steinebrei with two photographs enclosed.Letter from Rev. Dr. B. Felsenthal to Dr. Cyrus Adler.Letter from Robert K. Straus to John W. Bissinger Jr. (great grandson of Emanuel Straus).Letter from Robert Kenneth Straus to Wilbur Leeds. (Aug. 1982)Letter from Roger W. Straus to Robert K. Straus, 1996Letter to Barbara Levy from Robert K. StrausLetter to Nathan Straus from Julius Rudolstadt (June 1929)Letter to Thomas Randolph Selden from EricLetter to Unknown Recipient from Robert K. StrausLetter written to Joan Adler from Robert K. StrausLetter: Adler, Joan to Robert Kenneth Straus, 1485 East Valley Road, Studio B, P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. 19 September 1991.Letter: Bissinger, Jr., Paul A, 601 California Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94108-2812 to Dear Bob. 30 September 1991.Letter: Bissinger, Jr., Paul A. 601 California Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94108-2812 to Robert K. Straus, 1485 East Valley Road, Studio B, P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. 8 July 1991. One typewritten page.Letter: Dr. Sybil Milton, Chief Archivist of Leo Baeck Inst. to R.K. StrausLetter: Grant, Barbara Bissinger, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 15 October 1984.Letter: Grant, Barbara Bissinger, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 4 February 1985.Letter: Harry H. Straus, regarding Oskar Straus-the composer.Letter: Jacob Losser May 1802Letter: John W. Bissinger Jr., Mill Valley, CA, to Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA. 7 September 1982.Letter: Kot, Bette Gorrell, 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591 to Dear Mr. Straus. 30 October 1991. With enclosures.Letter: Kot, Bette Gorrell, 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591 to Dear Mr. Straus. 7 July 1991. Two typewritten pages with enclosures.Letter: Leeds, Wilber, San Francisco, CA, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 27 August 1982.Letter: Milton, Dr. Sybil, Chief Archivist, Leo Baeck Institute, New York NY, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 26 October 1983.Letter: Otto Straus to Herrn Berthold RosenthalLetter: Robert K. Straus to Elizabeth A. Roberts. August 13, 1991Letter: Robert K. Straus to Michelle Nichols (genealogist). Aug. 1991Letter: Robert K. Straus to Miss. Janet Reakes, Chief Researcher. August 27 1991.Letter: Robert K. Straus to Wilber Reeds (Aug. 1982)Letter: Robert K. Straus to the Genealogical Research Service Center, Sydney Australia. Undated.Letter: Secretary to Mrs. Herbert N. Straus, to Julius Straus, Rudolstadt/Thuringen, Gebindstrabe 6, Germany. 13 July 1933.Letter: Simon Schwartzfuchs, Central Archives for the History of the Jews, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 2 January 1984.Letter: Steinebrei to Adler (Feb. 1999)Letter: Straus, Emanuel, San Francisco, CA, to Maurice Straus. 13 November 1863.Letter: Straus, Julius, Rudolstadt, Thuringen, Germany, to Herbert Straus. 10 January 1931.Letter: Straus, Julius, Rudolstadt, Thuringen, Germany, to Therese Straus. 22 June 1933.Letter: Straus, Percy S., to Mrs. Julius Straus, Gebindstrabe 6, Rudolstadt, Germany. 14 December 1933.Letter: Straus, Percy S., to Mrs. Julius Straus, Gebindstrabe 6, Rudolstadt, Germany. 14 December 1933.Letter: Straus, Robert K. to Mrs. Kot, (Mrs. Bette Gorrell Kot) 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591. 2 July 1991. Three pages. Includes letter from Bette Kot to Robert K. Straus, undated, and form for Roster of California Pioneers.Letter: Straus, Robert K. to Mrs. Kot, (Mrs. Bette Gorrell Kot) 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591.10 July 1991.Letter: Straus, Robert K. to Mrs. Kot, (Mrs. Bette Gorrell Kot) 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591.6 September 1991.Letter: Straus, Robert K., 1485 East Valley Road, Studio B, P. O. Box 5160, Montecito, CA 93150 to Betty Kot, (Mrs. Bette G. Kot) 228 Sandy Neck Way, Vallejo, California 94591. 15 November 1991.Letter: Straus, Robert K., 1485 East Valley Road, Studio B, P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, CA 93150 to Paul A. Bissinger, Jr., 3477 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118. 10 July 1991. One typewritten page.Letter: Straus, Robert K., 1485 East Valley Road, Suite B, P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, California 93150 to Mrs. Trissia Waddington, 18 Waygrove Avenue, Earlwood NSW 2206, Australia. 13 August 1991.Letter: Straus, Robert K., 1485 East Valley Road, suite b, P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, California 93150 to Mrs. Trissia Waddington, 18 Waygrove Avenue, Earlwood NSW 2206, Australia. 3 September 1991.Letter: Straus, Robert K., P. O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, California 93150 to Howard Matson. 9 April 1986. Two pages. Additional pages appear to be missing.Letter: Straus, Robert K., to Miss Michelle Nichols, Post Office Box 246, Windsor 2756, Australia. 23 July 1991. One typewritten page.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Dr. Sybil Milton, Chief Archivist, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. 14 October 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Dr. Sybil Milton, Chief Archivist, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. 16 November 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Joan Adler, Smithtown, NY. Sept. 1991Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to John W. Bissinger Jr., Mill Valley, CA. 1 September 1982.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Michael Riff, Librarian, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. 16 November 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Michael Riff, Librarian, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. 29 November 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Michael Riff, Librarian, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. 6 December 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Mrs. Robert Seller, San Francisco, CA. 15 February 1985.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Mrs. Robert Seller, San Francisco, CA. 15 January 1985.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Simon Schwartzfuchs, Central Archives for the History of the Jews, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. 14 October 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Simon Schwartzfuchs, Jerusalem, Israel. 14 February 1984.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Simon Schwartzfuchs, care Routledge, Kegan and Paul, London, England. 25 August 1983.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Wilber Leeds, San Francisco, CA. 1 September 1982.Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Wilber Leeds, San Francisco, CA. 14 September 1982Letter: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA, to Wilber Leeds, San Francisco, CA. 27 September 1982.Letter: Trissa Waddingham to Robert K. Straus. July 31, 1991.Letter: Unsigned to Herm Otto StrausLetter: Waddingham, Mrs. Trissia M., Earlwood, Australia, to Robert Kenneth Straus, Santa Barbara, CA. 27 August 1991.Letter: Waddington, Mrs. Trissia M., 18 Waygrove Avenue, Earlwood NSW 2206 to Mr. Robert K. Straus, P O Box 5160, Santa Barbara, California 93150, U.S.A. 15 September 1991.Letter: Waddington, Mrs. Trissia M., 18 Waygrove Avenue, Earlwood NSW 2206 to Mr. Robert K. Straus, P O Box 5160, Santa Barbara, California 93150, U.S.A. 27 August 1991.Letter: Wilbur Leeds to Robert K. Straus (Aug. 1982)Letter: Wollmershuser to Illes (June 1996).List of Records with Info. on Otterberg or Otto StrausList of Strauses and their birth dates.List of Strauses with their birth dates.List: Name Adoption List of Eppelsheim, 1808.List: Name Adoption List of Essingen, 1808.List: Name Adoption List of Mainz, 1808 (These lists pertain to families, who as of 1808 had not yet adopted definite family names.) Seven pages.List: Name Adoption List of Mainz-Weisenau, 1808.List: Name Adoption List of Muenchweiler, 1815.List: Name Adoption List of Niederhausen 1809.List: Name Adoption List of Obermischel 1808.List: Name Adoption List of Otterberg. Oct. 24-26, 1808.Loyalty Application Failure, Wener Fritz AuerbacherMap: The French Empire with the Confederation of the Rhine and the Kingdom of Italy as in the year 1813.Marriage Certificate: Certificate # 1630, State of North Carolina, County of Transylvania, Office of Register of Deeds, John Goldberger and Norman Tutin. 13 June 1953 in Brevard, NC. Witnessed by Gunther H. Baldauf.Marriage Certificate: Harry Herman Straus Jr and Betty Jean Brydges, Lynchburg, VA, 18 April 1949.Marriage Index: North Carolina Marriage Index, June 4, 1953, John Goldberger, Brevard, NC, age 47 and Norman Tuten, Brevard, NC, age 32.Marriage Record for Jacob Loesser and Kendel Majer.Marriage Record: Ludwig Theodor Straus and Elisabeth (Lise) Fanny Nathan. 28 December 1905 in Mannheim Germany.Martha Straus PassportMemo regarding family tree found in Robert K. Straus' Geneological Miscellany.Memo: From Edward K. Straus to Robert K. Straus. 31 August 1990.Memo: Poland, R.J., 18 December 1933.Name Adoption Record: Solomon Straus and Lazarus Straus junior. In German.Napoleon, Emperor of France, King of Italy and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, and H. B. Maret, The Secretary Minister of the State, at the Imperial Palace of the Tuileries, 17 March 1808. Translated by Ruth Schwartz.Natrualization Record: Grete Straus. November 15, 1944.Naturalization: Baldauf, Gunther Herman, age 21, residing at 282 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge MA, issued 5 June 1944 by the U.S. District Court at Boston, MA.Naturalization: Werner Fritz Auerbacher. No 6230559, June 1, 1944Newsletter: "Condolences" To the Straus/Brydges on the passing of Harry Straus," Potomac Community Resources, Inc.North Carolina Death Index, 1908-2004: John Hans Goldberger, Age 82, Date of birth 23 February 1906, Residence: Brevard, Transylvania County, NC. Died 12 April 1988 in Brevard. No autopsy.Obituary of Emanuel Straus: "Emanuel Straus Passes Away," San Francisco Call, 2 February 1899, Page 7, Column 2.Obituary: "Barbara Bissinger Grant," Marin Independent Journal. 17 February 2013.Obituary: "Deaths: Straus, Martha W," The New York Times. 12 August 1951.Obituary: "Dorothy Rice 1919 - 2016," Brattleboro Vermont Reformer. Internet Article. 25 June 2016.Obituary: "Harry H. Straus Jr.", The New York Times. 6 June 1972.Obituary: "Karl Straus: Guest Book," Legacy.com Asheville, NC. 11 September 2017. Three pages with photograph.Obituary: "Landeck, Caroline," The New York Times. 21 July 1938. One column.Obituary: "Mrs. Harry H. Straus," The New York Times. 12 August 1951.Obituary: "Oskar Straus, 83, Noted Composer," The New York Times, 12 January 1954.Obituary: "Sylvia Patla Straus," Asheville Citizen-Times. 31 December 2011.Obituary: Gunther H. Baldauf, Facebook post by daughter Annemarie Baldauf. 1 January 2017. One page with photograph. (Source: Annemarie Baldauf)Otterberg MedallionPainting: Oil Painting of Hermann Straus (1843-1922). Canvas: 27"H x 22 ¼"W, With Frame: 31 ½" H x 26 ¾" W.Painting: Oil Painting of Luise Carolyn Straus King 1949. Canvas: 25 ¾"H x 20 ¾"W. With Frame: 31 34 ¾"H x 26 ¾"W.Painting: Oil Painting of Luise Elisabeth Mannheimer Straus (1855-1932). Canvas: 27"H x 22 ¼" W, With Frame: 31 ½"H x 26 ¾" W.Painting: Painting of Luise Carolyn Straus, 1938. Canvas: 24 5/8"H x 18 ¼"W. With Frame: 3 ½"H x 26"W.Passenger List: Ernest AuerbacherPassenger Manifest fro Fritz Wener Auerbacher and Lisolette Rut (Ruth) Auerbacher (Oct. 6-12, 1937)Passenger Manifest: "SS Aqutania," Nov. 1921, Harry Straus.Passenger Manifest: "SS Europa," Dec. 16-23 1936, Ludwig Theodor, Elisabeth and Dorothea Straus.Passenger Manifest: "Ship Aquitania," June 22, 1926. Passenger: Ludwig StrausPassenger Manifest: "Tufts Victory," Sailing from Le Havre, France to New York, arriving July 16, 1946. Karl H. Straus, age 25.Passenger Manifest: 1921, SS Mauritania, Harry and Martha Straus.Passenger Manifest: 1922, "SS Berengaria," Harry H. Straus.Passenger Manifest: 1922, "SS George Washington," Harry H. Straus.Passenger Manifest: 22 Volendam. April-May 1926. Passenger: Ludwig TheordorPassenger Manifest: Annemarie Baldauf, SS "Berengaria" June 9-15, 1934Passenger Manifest: Bernhard Auerbacher and Dina Auerbacher.Passenger Manifest: Emanuel Straus, age 30. "Harvest Queen," arrived 12 October1853 from Le Havre to New York.Passenger Manifest: Ernest Auerbacher on "Pan American World Airways, Inc.Passenger Manifest: Ernst Auerbacher on "SS Queen Mary."Passenger Manifest: Grete (Margareta) Baldauf, SS "Queen Mary" Sept. 14-19, 1938Passenger Manifest: Grete Baldauf, SS "Europa" Jan. 3-10, 1936Passenger Manifest: Harry H. Straus and Karl H. Straus. "SS Normandie," Le Havre, France to New York arriving June 29, 1936.Passenger Manifest: Julius Straus, 1914.Passenger Manifest: Julius Straus, SS "Amerika" Jan. 1908Passenger Manifest: Julius Straus, SS "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse," Jan. 1909.Passenger Manifest: Jung, Ilse, age 23, no profession, reads and writes English, born Mannheim, Line 9. Sailed 7 December 1935 on the S.S. Aquitania from Southampton to New York arriving on 13 December 1935. Two pages.Passenger Manifest: SS Georgic: Sept. 1938Passenger Manifest: SS Rex, Jan. 18-26 1938, Hans Golderberger and Harry Straus.Passenger Manifest: SS United States, Aug. 1952. Passenger: Ludwig T. Straus.Passenger Manifest: SS United States, Jan. 1953: Ludwig StrausPassenger Manifest: Straus, Walter, age 22, merchant, born Mannheim Germany, Line 12. Sailed on 2 August 1934 on the S.S. Hamburg from Hamburg to New York arriving on 10 August 1934. Two pages.Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s: Emanuel Straus. Arrived in Philadelphia in 1837.Passport Extension Application: Martha H. Straus. 7 March 1922.Passport for Issac Straus, MerchantPassport for Jacques Straus, Merchant.Passport: Harry H. Straus, Number 123079 issued in Washington. 29 December 1920.Passport: Harry Hans Straus, Number 281288 issued in Washington. 4 May 1923.Patent: Automatic Refill Multiple Shaving Edge Shaving Razor. Patent filed 24 August 1927 and awarded 15 September 1931. Cigarette Paper Booklet.Patent: Cigarette Package. Patent 1,864,872 and 1,864,873 filed 12 October 1929 and awarded 28 June 1932.Petition for Naturalization: Certificate # 638, John Hans Goldberger, 410 E. Main St., Brevard, N.C. Elec. Engineer. 18 October 1942. One page.Petition for Naturalization: Hans Straus, Supreme Court, Westchester County, Number 4714, page 226. 28 July 1918. Certificate of Naturalization Number 650654 issued on 25 February 1916.Petition for Naturalization: No. 558, District Court of the United States at Asheville, NC. Karl Herman Straus, July 6, 1939.Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records: Emanuel Straus.Photograph: Hans "John" Goldberger. Dated approximately 1940.Photograph: Tina (Dina) Straus Auerbacher (1919) and her children Werner (1909-2009) and Ernest Auerbacher (1919- )Photograph: Tombstone of Moritz Straus, son of Solomon, brother of Sara. In Kaiserslautern.Pin: "Otterberg" with town crest on pin.Postcard: Photograph of the home of Julius and Erna Wolff Straus in Rudolstadt, Germany.Postcard: Postcard says "Stadt Otterberg. Includes images of houses in Otterberg. Message on obverse. Message says: "Hertliche Guse durs do Studt Otterberg 10/10/2013 Martin Mueller stadtburgormister."Postcard: Straus-Dynastie, Otterberg, Germany to Maurice Straus, care Helbing Greenebaum & Co., corner Pine & Battery Streets, San Francisco, California. Undated.Receipt: Lazarus Straus, son of Jakob Straus, for the transportation of spirits (brandwein) to the storeroom in Kaislerslautern.Record: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart J 386 Band 176. Familienbuch der jüdischen Gemeinde Ernsbach. Two typewritten pages. In English.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein, Abt. Schlossarchiv Weikersheim, Bestand, Regierung ?hringen. One typewritten page. In English.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein, PA ?hringen, Lagerbücher I. Amt Ernsbach, B. 19. In English. One typewritten page.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein, PA ?hringen, Lagerbücher I. Amt Ernsbach, B. 9. In English. One typewritten page.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein, PA ?hringen, Nr. 174, K.5. One typewritten in English.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein, PA ?hringen, Nr. 174, K.5. Two pages, one typewritten in English and one handwritten in German.Record: Hohenlohe-Zentralarchive Neuenstein, PA ?hringen, Lagerbücher I. Amt Ernsbach, B. 13. Two typewritten pages. In English.Report: Contents of Dirmstein Community Archives.Report: The Straus Family "Return to Our Roots" Tour of Germany September 12-19, 2006.Research Material for Robert K. Straus, August 17, 1982Research Material: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA. "Straus Genealogical Miscellany (Correction)."Research Materials: Bolchover, Richard, "Subject: Napoleon and the Jews." November 1983.Research Materials: Kot, Betty. Emma Straus information.Research Materials: Straus Draft. 30 August 1991. Seven typewritten pages.Research Materials: Straus Genealogy Draft. 26 August 1991. Six typewritten pages.Research Materials: Straus, Robert Kenneth, Santa Barbara, CA. November 1983. Four handwritten pages of notes.Research material on Karl Straus and his painting "Driftwood."Rosenthal, Berthold, Straus Lineage. In German. One typewritten page.Sales Contract - Brief - In German - Sale of Straus House in Otterberg to Conrad RettigSales Contract - English Translation - Between Conrad Rettig and Salomon StraussSales Contract Between Conrad Rettig and Salomon Strauss - In GermanSales Contract Transcription Between Conrad Rettig and Salomon Strauss - In GermanSan Francisco Directory (Telephone) 1869Santa Barbara, CA, to John W. Bissinger Jr., Mill Valley, CA. 14 September 1982.Selected pages from "More Straus Genealogy Miscellany" by Robert K. StrausSept. 1923: Passenger Manifest: "SS Berengaria," Harry H. StrausSeventeen pages of artistic Straus Family TreeSheet Music: "A Waltz Dream" (Ein Walzertraum) Valse from the Comic Opera. Music by Oscar Straus. Oversized.Sheet Music: "The Chocolate Soldier - Sympathy Solo" Music by Oscar Straus. Oversized.Sheet Music: My Hero: "The Chocolate Soldier" Music by Oscar Straus.Social Security Death Index: John H. GoldbergerSolomon StrausSpeech given by Oscar S. Straus III at a plaque dedication ceremony for Oscar S. Straus in Otterberg, Germany on 18 September 2006Strelitz, Franz. Und Neues Leben aus den Ruinen (new Life from the Ruins).Written in German.The American Jewish Album 1654 to the Present. New York: Rizzoli, 1983.The Autobiography of Isidor Straus with a foreword by Sara Straus Hess. Pages 45 and 46. New York: Sara Straus Hess. 1955.The Bay of San Francisco: The Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and its Suburban Cities, A History. Volume II. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892. Cover page and pages 165-166.The Death Certificate for Simon StrausThe Great Estates: Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930. Canaan, New Hampshire: for The Junior League of Greenwich, Connecticut, Inc., by Phoenix Publishing.The Otterberg CharterThree views of OtterbergVideo: "One Hour with You." Music composed by Oscar Straus.Wikipedia Article: "Oscar Straus (composer). 6 September 2005.Wooden Box: "Otterberg" with image of city crest.World War II Draft Registration: 1941 Registration No. 12325, Harry H. Straus Jr.World War II Draft Registration: 1942, No. 10,716. Karl Herman Straus. Age 21. Residence Brevard, NC.eBay Auction Photograph: Oscar Straus - Inscribed Photograph. 8 March 2007.