Stephen Norman
Stephen Norman, born Stephan Theodor Neumann (21 April 1918 – 26 November 1946) was an Austrian Captain in the British Army during World War II, Zionist activist, and the grandson of the founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl. Biography Stephen Neumann (later Norman) was born in Austria. His parents feared for the safety of their only child as anti-Semitism became more prevalent in Austria in the 1930s. His father Richard Neumann requested from the Viennese Zionists and the Palestine Zionist Executive, Zionist Executive in Palestine, to send his son to England in 1935, for his safety. While in England, he read extensively about his grandfather, Theodor Herzl. Zionism had not been a significant part of his background in Austria. He was the only descendant of Theodor Herzl to be a Zionist. Anglicizing his name to Stephen Norman, during World War II Norman enlisted in the British Army rising to the rank of Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain in the Royal Artillery. In lat ...
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