They are based on a real couple, Isidor and Ida Straus, who died together on the Titanic when it sank on April 15, 1912. Isidor and Ida Straus. Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Isidor ...

A descendant of the Straus family has loaned the museum a pocket watch found right above Isidor’s heart after the sinking. The only letter the Strauses sent from the Titanic was loaned to the ...

Isidor and Ida Straus have become known for a Titanic story about reportedly choosing to go down together on the sinking ship, arm in arm. Survivors said Isidor Straus would not get on a lifeboat ...

Flowers adorn the renovated Isidor and Ida Straus memorial plaque as Macy’s and the Straus Historical Society celebrate its rededication during a ceremony at the Macy’s Herald Square flagship ...

Sure, we all know the story of the Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship that indeed sank back on April 15, 1912. We know about The ...

Playing department-store owner Isidor Straus, a first-class passenger on the RMS Titanic, Heppner does quite well – which feels like a funny thing to be saying about one of the opera world's ...

Benjamin Guggenheim, Isidor Straus, [and John] Jacob Astor [all] opposed the new Federal Reserve bank. Today, these men would be worth $11 billion.

Isidor Straus was born in Germany in 1845 and immigrated to the US in 1854. Ida, who was born Rosalie Ida Blun, was also born in Germany, in 1849. She moved to the US with her family, as well. At the ...

Isidor and Ida Straus have become known for a Titanic story about reportedly choosing to go down together on the sinking ship, arm in arm.