Stella goldschlag biography death

Stella : The Story of Stella Goldschlag. Book Summary back to top. Stella , by Peter Wyden is an eloquent yet straightforward documentation about the life of Stella Goldschlag, who was responsible for turning over countless Jews to the Gestapo and their ultimate death. The biographic novel begins with a short introductory chapter that sets the tone for the book in two manners, how people were in awe of Stella and the level of betrayal that she was capable of reaching.

Wyden also states his curiosity for Jews who would betray Jews and the reasons behind it as an explanation as to why he chose to investigate his fellow childhood classmate whom he dubs as the "traitor of the Goldschmidt School" Like most Jews who lived in Berlin at the time, she was a result of Jewish assimilation into gentile life and culture She attended Goldschmidt, where Wyden met her, a school for Jewish children founded once the Nazis removed all non-Aryan children from public schools.

Her family was well off but not as affluent as other successful Jewish families because although her mother was a successful singer her father was a failed musician.

A German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, operating around Berlin exposing and denouncing Berlin's underground Jews.

Growing up in the post-WWI turmoil left Stella, along with her family and other German Jews, trying to prove her loyalty to Germany in an effort to counteract anti-Semitism November 10, is when it all began for Stella. She was sent home early from school only to find out that her father was in hiding because Jewish males were being rounded up Crystal Night was the turning point for the Goldschlags in realizing that there was no escaping Hitler, and they later came to terms with WWII as well Early in the war Stella attended an art school called Feige and Strassburger, where she studied fashion drawing and posed as a nude model for about two years, which kept her out of forced factory labor Starting September 16, Jews were not allowed to be seen in public without wearing a yellow Star of David patch, although eventually Stella stopped wearing the star except at work.

Although she hated to admit it, Stella was Jewish and because of this she was forced to work in a factory as an "armament Jew". On February 27, there was a round up of Jews at the factory where Stella and her mother worked, they both were able to sneak into a makeshift shelter where they hid momentarily and later went out a back door that was being guarded by the Gestapo.