Background and Family
Sterbach was born on May 7, 1908 in Opatija, to a Jewish family. His father Michael Abracham Sternbach was from Przemyśl in Galicia (then par of Austria-Hungary), and his mother Piroska (née Cohn) Sternbach was from Orosháza, Hungary. Sternbach parents meet and married in Opatija where they both moved. The family lived in a rented four-room apartment on the third floor of the "Vila Jadran" (Villa Adriatic), near the pharmacy owned by Sternbach father. Sternbach family belonged to the taller middle-layer of Opatija society. Sternbach had younger brother Giusi.
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