Abraham Lazarus was a leading British Communist activist, charity worker, and anti-fascist, most famous for leading numerous high profile factory strikes in London and Oxford, and for organising communists and Jews to resist the British Union of Fascists.
13 Facts About Abraham Lazarus
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Abraham Lazarus was the leader of a protest movement to topple Oxford's Cutteslowe Wall which segregated poor working class communities from wealthier ones.
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Abraham Lazarus's health recovered in 1928 so he got a job working as a professional driver and a mechanic, later on in 1930 he joined the Hammersmith branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain and became involved in the National Unemployed Workers' Movement.
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Abraham Lazarus married Mabel Browning in 1937 and together they had one daughter.
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Abraham Lazarus often took his family on holiday to France, but this ended in 1951 when he was deported and forbidden to return.
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Abraham Lazarus came to the city on Tuesday night along with two full-time organisers from the Transport and General Workers Union, and shortly after his arrival Lazarus was made chair of the strike committee.
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Abraham Lazarus addressed both meetings and drew large crowds, the first meeting on Friday had 1,000 people and the second on Sunday attracted over 3,000 people.
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Abraham Lazarus was called upon when issues arose with the quality of their new homes.
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On hearing of the problems tenants were facing Abraham Lazarus made his way to the tenant manager's office, he spoke to the residents and a large crowd formed.
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Abraham Lazarus suggested they retire to the Pembroke Hall, where a committee was organised and a large campaign was launched.
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The major event of 1935 in which Abraham Lazarus took a leading role was the campaign against the Cutteslowe Walls.
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Defeated, Abraham Lazarus returned to the crowd and climbed up a tree to make a speech.
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Abraham Lazarus was never elected, although he did gain a significant proportion of the votes.