The suburb is situated on part of an old
Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] The region of Benrose was named by the property developer Robert Horowitz, whose mother's name was Rose and who had been murdered during
The Holocaust.[2] It means "son of Rose" in Hebrew. The suburb was proclaimed in June 1952.[2]
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abcRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
The suburb is situated on part of an old
Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] The region of Benrose was named by the property developer Robert Horowitz, whose mother's name was Rose and who had been murdered during
The Holocaust.[2] It means "son of Rose" in Hebrew. The suburb was proclaimed in June 1952.[2]
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abcRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.