Ela Stein-Weissberger
Ela Stein-Weissberger (30 June 1930 – 30 March 2018) was a Czech holocaust survivor who became well known for her roles as a contemporary witness and intelligence officer for the Israel Defense Forces. In her later years she traveled the world discussing her time in concentration camps during World War II. She even wrote about her experiences in a book titled "The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin."

Stein-Weissberger was deported to Theresienstadt Ghetto when she was 11 with her mother, grandmother, uncle and sister. While there she was a member of the "Brundibár" a children's opera inside the camp. She was featured in the Nazi Propaganda film "Theresienstadt". She, her mother, and sister were released from the camp after Nazi Germany fell to the Allies. Her grandmother and uncle died while at the camp.

After being liberated they moved to Prague Stein-Weissberger stayed for a short period of time before moving to Israel and settling near Tel Aviv. Where she lived and worked for several years as a member of the Israeli Army. She gave birth to a daughter and in 1959 the family moved to the United States. She worked as a graphic and interior designer in New York for most of the 1970s and 80s before beginning to travel the U.S. and telling her experiences from the war.
Q12409870
holocaust survivor
PER
Q196939
contemporary witness
Concept
Q5121444
intelligence officer
Concept
Q58967
Israel Defense Forces
Concept
Q1668049
concentration camps
Concept
Q362
World War II
EVE
Q15111616
Theresienstadt Ghetto
LOC
Q705157
Nazi Propaganda
Concept
Q469067
"Theresienstadt"
MEDIA
Q7318
Nazi Germany
Concept
Q329888
Allies
Concept
Q1085
Prague
LOC
Q801
Israel
LOC
Q33935
Tel Aviv
LOC
Q30
United States
LOC
Q1384
New York
LOC
Q62911953
Ela Stein-Weissberger
PER
1930-06-30T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
30 June 1930
DATE
2018-03-30T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
30 March 2018
DATE
1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1959
DATE
1970-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1970
DATE
+11^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
11
NUMBER
+80^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
80
NUMBER
date of birth
date of death
country of citizenship
country