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.
Herman and Adeline Stern admiring their garden in Valley City, North Dakota, circa 1955
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.