Henry Kraus

Who is Henry Kraus?

Henry Kraus was a labor historian, and European art historian.

He graduated from the University of Chicago and Western Reserve University with a master's degree in 1928. He was an organizer of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, and edited The Flint Auto Worker. Sol Dollinger was critical of his account of the strike.

He married Dorothy Kraus, who helped organize the UAW Women's Auxiliary. He was the first editor of the United Automobile Workers' newspaper, The United Auto Worker. He moved to Paris, and worked as a European correspondent for World Wide Medical News Service. His papers are at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University.