![]() Later he was captured by the Russians and put to work burying the German dead. A law student when World War II started, he had been put into a German labor battalion and sent to the Ukraine. Ill have time later on.”ĭuring the half-hour ride to town, we had quite a conversation. But he answered politely, “You may read it now. The man seemed surprised to be addressed in his native language. ![]() He was reading a Hungarian-language newspaper, and something prompted me to say in Hungarian, “I hope you dont mind if I glance at your paper.” He was probably in his late 30s, and when he glanced up, his eyes seemed to have a hurt expression in them. But being a photographer, I have the peculiar habit of analyzing peoples faces, and I was struck by the features of the passenger on my left. Ive been living in New York long enough not to start conversations with strangers. But just as I entered, a man sitting by the door suddenly jumped up to leave, and I slipped into the empty place. The car was crowded, and there seemed to be no chance of a seat. He then boarded a Manhattan-bound subway for his Fifth Avenue office. En route, he suddenly decided to visit Laszlo Victor, a Hungarian friend who lived in Brooklyn and was ill.Īccordingly, at Ozone Park, Sternberger changed to the subway for Brooklyn, went to his friends house, and stayed until midafternoon. ![]() On the morning of January 10, 1948, Sternberger boarded the 9:09 as usual. He always took the 9:09 Long Island Railroad train from his suburban home to Woodside, N.Y., where he caught a subway into the city. ![]() Marcel Sternberger was a methodical man of nearly 50, with bushy white hair, guileless brown eyes, and the bouncing enthusiasm of a czardas dancer of his native Hungary. ![]()
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