| LC control no. | no 97069399 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Steiger, Sebastian, 1918-2012 |
| Located | Binningen (Switzerland) Schiers (Switzerland) Zurich (Switzerland) Arlesheim (Switzerland) Basel (Switzerland) Hille (Montégut-Plantaurel, France) |
| Birth date | 1918-10-14 |
| Death date | 07-2012 |
| Place of birth | Oltingen (Switzerland) |
| Place of death | Basel (Switzerland) |
| Field of activity | Education, Elementary Hidden children (Holocaust)--France Jewish children in the Holocaust |
| Affiliation | Universität Zürich Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz Association for Jewish-Christian Alliance Swiss-Israeli Society Freunde des Schweizer Kinderdorfs Kirjath Jearim |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers |
| Found in | Die Kinder von Schloss la Hille, c1992: t.p. (Sebastian Steiger) p. 375 (b. 1918 in Oltingen, Kanton Baselland; Red Cross worker in occupied France from 1943-1945) The children of Chateau de la Hille, 2017: title page (Sebastian Steiger) page ix, etc. (born October 14, 1918 in Oltingen, a small village in the Swiss canton Basel-Campagne. His father, Walter Steiger, was a Reformed pastor. Attended lycée in Binningen. In 1940 Sebastian completed his teaching certificate in Schiers and worked as a substitute teacher until 1943 while he was continuing his course work for a semester at the University of Zürich. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the Children's Aid program of the Swiss Red Cross in occupied France. In 1946 he completed his studies at the University of Zürich earning an advanced degree in health education. In the same year, he was appointed instructor at the primary school in Arlesheim, and in 1947 at a girls' school in Basel. He married in 1956 and was the father of three children. From 1958 to 1990 Sebastian Steiger organized the "Day of the Jewish Child" an annual event in May dedicated to the memory of the million-and-a half Jewish children killed by the Nazis. He retired in 1982 and wrote his book Die Kinder von Schloss la Hille recounting the German occupation of France. It was published in 1992 and translated into French in 1999. He was a member of the Association for Jewish-Christian Alliance, the Swiss-Israeli Society and the Committee of the Friends of the Swiss Children's Village Kirjath Jearim in Israel. For more than 40 years he was engaged in promoting Israel. He died in July 2012 in Basel.) |
| Associated language | ger |
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