Hermann Suhrau

Hermann Suhrau (1898–1947) was a German politician. Suhrau was born on 25 April 1898 in Memel, East Prussia (present-day Klaipėda, Lithuania). He was a wood- and construction worker. He was a workers' leader in inter-war Memel.

Suhrau joined the communist Memel Workers Party (MAP) when it was founded in 1925. He fought in the campaign in Poland, but was released from military service after undergoing surgery in 1940. During the period of 1940 and 1944, he worked in the city administration and served as the caretaker of the Youth Music School of Memel. In October 1944 Suhrau and his family fled towards western Germany. In March 1945, they settled in Gefrees. Suhrau died at a Bayreuth hospital on 13 February 1947.