Australian stamp dealer Max Stern has writen about his life in My Stamp on Life,
a 164 page softback book which describes Max's experience of growing up in
pre-war Bratislava (Slovaskia), his survival of the Holocaust and his carrer in Melbourne as
probably Australia's best known stamp dealer.
Now aged 82, Max has been a stamp dealer for 65 years.
When he began stamp dealing at 17, he was the main provider for his family.
Remarkably, Max continued to operate his business throughout most of World War II.
After escaping the final deportation of Slovaskia's Jews in October 1944,
Max went into hiding with others in the attic of a picture theather.
Following their discovery early in 1945, Max was sent to Sachsenhausen
concentration camp near Berlin, where he worked at clearing rubble from
bombing raids and building anti-tank barricades. When the war ended,
Max had survived a death march from Berlin towards Hamburg.
Max re-established a stamp business in Bratislava in 1945,
but the Communist take over of Czechoslovakia three years later
made it impossible for him to continue. Escaping with his wife Eva,
they made their way to Australia. He set up a stamp dealer in 1950,
opening a shop in Melbourne close to his present location in Port Phillip Arcade,
off Flinders Street. Max Stern's career naturing generations of collectors
was recognised by his apppointment as a Member in the General Division of the Order
of Australia (AM) in 1999.
My Stamp on Life is available by mail order price $35.00 posted
Order now - limited stock available!
price is in Australian dollars and subject to change without notice
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