Herman Stern

Herman Stern (August 9, 1887 – June 20, 1980) was an American humanitarian, social and economic activist, businessman, visionary and director of the North Dakota Winter Show, and Holocaust rescuer.

In 1912, he married Adeline Roth, the much younger sister of Straus' wife (and cousin of Sternberg's daughter).

Senator Gerald Nye,[3] Stern managed to save the lives of over 140 German Jewish refugees by sponsoring them for visas (including finding them jobs), and making arrangements to bring them to the United States.

[11] For his many achievements and contributions to the state, Stern was posthumously inducted into the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in 2014 by North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple.

Congressman Earl Pomeroy discusses the role that Senator Gerald Nye played in helping Herman Stern secure visas.

This painting was unveiled at the award ceremony posthumously honoring Herman Stern with the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the highest civic award in North Dakota. The painting celebrates his business and community leadership as well as his rescue of over 125 Jews from Nazi Germany. The painting hangs in the state capitol building in Bismarck, North Dakota.
This bust was presented to the family of Herman Stern when he was posthumously awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in 2014.