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Adolf Stern got married in 1902, to Elizabeth Sternova, nee Willheim, who
was born in 1873 and died in 1959 in Great Britain. She left Slovakia after
the war. Her daughter Adriana Brodyova, nee Sternova, had left for Britain
with her husband earlier, in 1939. Her grandmother Antonia Bobretzky von
Arvenau [1781-1862] came from a Jewish-Polish noble family. Antonia's
sister Therese [1798-1886] married into the famous Jewish noble family of
Guttman. She was the grandmother of Elisabeth Guttman [1875-1947], whose
second husband was Prince Francis I of Liechtenstein [1853-1938]. It is
well known that she lived openly as a Jew in Liechtenstein, as the widow of
the late Prince even during World War II! One of her sisters, Rosalia,
married Markis Robert Fitzjames a direct descendent of the English King
Jacob II. Therese was a cousin of Elisabeth Willheim.
My great-grandparent's first-born son bled to death during his
circumcision. Then a daughter, Adriana, whom I mentioned before, was born
and the next son was Helmut Stern, my grandfather, born in 1906. My
grandfather escaped circumcision due to his father's decision and fear. His
father's decision saved his life during the Holocaust. He was captured with
his family in Hlohovec by Slovak guards [1] in order to be deported. As
soon as my grandfather proved that he wasn't circumcised and thus not
Jewish, he was free.
was born in 1873 and died in 1959 in Great Britain. She left Slovakia after
the war. Her daughter Adriana Brodyova, nee Sternova, had left for Britain
with her husband earlier, in 1939. Her grandmother Antonia Bobretzky von
Arvenau [1781-1862] came from a Jewish-Polish noble family. Antonia's
sister Therese [1798-1886] married into the famous Jewish noble family of
Guttman. She was the grandmother of Elisabeth Guttman [1875-1947], whose
second husband was Prince Francis I of Liechtenstein [1853-1938]. It is
well known that she lived openly as a Jew in Liechtenstein, as the widow of
the late Prince even during World War II! One of her sisters, Rosalia,
married Markis Robert Fitzjames a direct descendent of the English King
Jacob II. Therese was a cousin of Elisabeth Willheim.
My great-grandparent's first-born son bled to death during his
circumcision. Then a daughter, Adriana, whom I mentioned before, was born
and the next son was Helmut Stern, my grandfather, born in 1906. My
grandfather escaped circumcision due to his father's decision and fear. His
father's decision saved his life during the Holocaust. He was captured with
his family in Hlohovec by Slovak guards [1] in order to be deported. As
soon as my grandfather proved that he wasn't circumcised and thus not
Jewish, he was free.
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