Dr Richard Sternfeld
(1884-?)

Died aged unknown

Richard Sternfeld (8 February 1884, in Bielefeld – 1943 in Auschwitz) was a German-Jewish herpetologist, who was responsible for describing over forty species of amphibians and reptiles, particularly from Germany's African and Pacific colonies (i.e. modern-day Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, Namibia and Papua New Guinea).

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Hier wohnte Dr. Richard Sternfeld jg. 1884 Deportiert 1943 Ermordet in Auschwitz

English translation: Richard Sternfeld

Wetzlarer Str. 23, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany where they lived