Herman Bruck

Herman Bruck was a Socialist wardheeler on the Upper East Side of New York City in the early twentieth century. He had an unrecquited crush on fellow Socialist Flora Hamburger.

Bruck was injured in the Remembrance Day Riots of 1915, when a man wearing a heavy Soldiers' Circle ring punched out a tooth.

In 1916, when Congressman Zuckerman died, Bruck announced his candidacy to challenge Daniel Miller. He was defeated in the Socialist caucus by his crush, Flora Hamburger. Despite his disappointment at having been defeated, Bruck enthusiastically campaigned for Flora, planting his cousin to heckle Miller at the two candidates' debate. After Hamburger's election, Bruck remained in the Upper East Side for the rest of his career.