Leon Sternbach
Leon Sternbach (born July 2, 1864 in Drohobytsch , Austrian Empire , † February 20, 1940 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a professor of classical philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow .
Life
Leon Sternbach was of Jewish origin and had studied in Leipzig, Dresden and Vienna from 1882 to 1886. He received his doctorate in 1886 and habilitated in classical philology at the University of Lemberg in 1889 . He was appointed associate professor in Cracow in 1892 and full professor in 1897. From 1893 he was a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences . In the academic year 1904/1905 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty.
After the German occupation of Poland by the Wehrmacht , he was imprisoned as part of the Kraków special campaign in 1939 and taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , where he was murdered by Gustav Sorge on February 20, 1940 .
The American chemist and pharmacist Leo Sternbach (1908–2005) is his nephew.
literature
- Jochen August (Ed.): "Special Campaign Krakau". The arrest of the Krakow scientists on November 6, 1939. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-930908-28-X , p. 318
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sternbach, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish university professor and victim of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drohobych |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1940 |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp |