Stern & Loebl Families Database
A fully searchable database containing the Jewish ancestors of the Stern and Lobl/Loebl families - and their many descendant lines as researched by Gerald Stern.
Albert STERN
1890 - 1992 (101 years)-
Name Albert STERN Birth 26 Mar 1890 Montabaur, Germany 
Gender Male Death 1992 Auckland, New Zealand Person ID I106 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
Father Heimann STERN, b. 14 Dec 1854, Meudt, Germany d. 24 Jan 1909, Montabaur, Germany (Grave No 62) (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Clara Klara SIMON, b. 6 Oct 1862, Buedesheim, Germany d. 25 Jun 1935, Montabaur, Germany (Grave No 62) (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1880 Family ID F56 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Johanna VOEHL, b. 12 Aug 1897 d. 1951, Auckland, New Zealand (Mental Inst.) (Age 53 years) Children 1. Gertrude (Gerti) STERN, b. 15 May 1925, Montabaur, Germany d. 18 Nov 2016, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 91 years) [natural]2. Heiner (Henry) Carl JULIUS STERN, b. 23 Jun 1929, Montabaur, Germany d. 13 Sep 2019, New Zealand (Age 90 years) [natural]Family ID F79 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
Family 2 Alma HEINRICH d. 1984 Marriage 13 Dec 1953 Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
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Notes - He lived in Bahnhofstrasse 25, Montabaur above the builders merchant and ironmongery business founded by his parents. He was in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp but he and his family managed to obtain safe passage to England with the help of his brother, Ernest. From London he emigrated to Opotiki in New Zealand and eventually to Auckland. His first wife became mentally ill and later died in a home. In New Zealand he rebuilt a new ironmongery business which he ran successfully.
Source: Alfred Stern
See also documents mainly regarding his extensive service in World War 1 at the Auckland Museum: https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/p/d2c6861892c1bc33ebf6d0ed1ce86b55ed3d9666?rendering=original.pdf
Summary: Albert Stern was born on 26 March 1890, at Montabaur, Westerwaldkreis, Germany. He was the fourth of five children born to Hermann and Klara (née Simon) and was raised in a traditional Jewish Germany family. His father Hermann owned a hardware business and Albert later joined the family business. During the First World War, Stern served with the German army and saw active service in France and Romania. He married Johanna Voehl (1897-1951) and they had two children. The 1933 anti-Jewish campaigns resulted in the introduction of anti-Semitic legislation. As tensions began to rise, Stern moved his family from Montabaur to the relative safety of Berlin. On 9 November 1938, Germany moved into a radical phase of anti-Semitic activity, and the subsequent Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) resulted in the death of a number of his extended family. In the years that followed other family members were sent to concentration camps, including his sister and brother-in-law, who died at Riga, Latvia, in 1942. As the situation deteriorated the family decided to flee Germany. Stern and his daughter arrived in New Zealand, via England, in August 1939, and the family were reunited when Johanna and son arrived via Holland and Indonesia three months later. The family settled in Opotiki, where Albert owned a hardware business. After Johanna died in 1951, Stern sold his business and the family moved to Auckland. In 1953 he married Alma Heinrich (d. 1994). Albert Stern died in 1992, at the age of 102 years.
- He lived in Bahnhofstrasse 25, Montabaur above the builders merchant and ironmongery business founded by his parents. He was in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp but he and his family managed to obtain safe passage to England with the help of his brother, Ernest. From London he emigrated to Opotiki in New Zealand and eventually to Auckland. His first wife became mentally ill and later died in a home. In New Zealand he rebuilt a new ironmongery business which he ran successfully.