Strakosch
Strakosch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Strakosch (1871–1943), Austrian-born British banker and businessman *Ludwig Strakosch (1855–1919), Austrian operatic baritone *Maurice Strakosch Maurice Strakosch (probably 15 January 1825 – 9 October 1887) was an American musician and impresario of Czech origin. Biography Strakosch was born in Gross-Seelowitz (today Židlochovice), Moravia. He made his debut as a pianist at the age of ...

Henry Strakosch
Sir Henry Strakosch GBE (9 May 1871 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born British banker and businessman. As a Jewish financier, his close ties to Winston Churchill were exploited by Nazi propaganda during the 1930s and World War II, and by Holocaust deniers in later years. Early life His parents were the merchant Edward Strakosch and his wife, Mathilde (née Winters). He was born at Hohenau, Austria, and educated at the Wasa Gymnasium in Vienna and privately in England. Strakosch entered banking in the City of London in 1891, and then began working for the Anglo-Austrian Bank of South Africa in 1895. Strakosch became a naturalized British citizen in 1907. Financial career Strakosch served as a financial adviser to the South African government, and was the author of the 1920 South African Currency and Banking Act. He was chairman of the South African goldminers, Union Corporation from 1924. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance during 192 ...
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Ludwig Strakosch
Ludwig Strakosch (1 November 1855 – 14 October 1919) was an Austrian operatic baritone. Life Born in Brünn, Strakosch, son of a sugar manufacturer, first took singing lessons with Therese Stolz in Berlin and Louise Reß in Vienna. He then made his debut in Linz as Tell. He then sang in Strasbourg, where he performed the "Trumpeter" for the very first time under Victor Ernst Nessler. After that, he sang in Königsberg, the German Opera in Holland, Breslau (1891), Hamburg (1892) and Cologne (1894). After that he did not accept any further permanent engagements, but worked as a guest performer until he left the stage in 1897. After that he moved to Wiesbaden where he taught singing. From 1910 he worked in Hamburg at the singing school he opened together with his wife Irma Strakosch (1860-1931). His repertoire included "Don Juan", the "Dutchman", the "Count" in ''Figaro'', "Wolfram", "Tell", "Healing", "Rigoletto", "Pizarro", etc. His appearances in Bucharest with Gemma Belli ...
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