Sever Sternhell
Sever Sternhell (M / Poland, Hungary, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Kastner Train> <Bergen-Belsen> <Switzerland>
Biography
Sever Sternhell was born May 30, 1930 in Lwow, Poland, the only child of Samson Sternhell, a lawyer. He was aboard the Kastner Train, arriving in Switzerland in December 1944, after a few months at Bergen-Belsen. After the War he emigrated to Australia where he became a professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
USHMM Oral Interview
Sever Sternhill (né Severyn Sternhell), born May 30, 1930 in Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine), discusses his childhood and education; experiencing antisemitism; his Jewish education; the Einsatzgruppen action in Nadworna (Nadvirna, Ukraine) in September 1941; various actions in the ghetto; the liquidation of the ghetto; being sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; living in Palestine from 1945; immigrating to Australia; attending Newington College and the University of Sydney; his interactions with Germans and Poles; and his religious observations.
Source
- Kastner Train List II (confirmed: "Sever Sternhell") [The presence of father is also confirmed.]