Dr. Alexander Biberstein is the official doctor of the Judenrat and the brother of Judenrat president Marek Biberstein. He helps Poldek Pfefferberg get out of the OD by diagnosing him with a bad back and showing him how to fake the injury. Despite some interference with Oskar Schindler’s list from Marcel Goldberg, Biberstein is ultimately one of those rescued by Schindler. He helps Schindler prevent a typhus outbreak at Brinnlitz, and after the World War II, he attests to how Oskar and Emilie Schindler helped save many lives.
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Alexander Biberstein Character Timeline in Schindler’s List
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Chapter 7
Later in the evening, Stern tells Schindler about the imprisonment of Marek Biberstein, who had been president of the Judenrat until his arrest. Biberstein had tried to be...
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Initially, the Judenrat is made up of 24 men, primarily intellectuals. As the leader, Biberstein believes that Jews expelled from Cracow will be worse off, so he uses bribery to...
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Chapter 10
...more repressive), Pfefferberg starts looking for a way out. He finds a doctor named Alexander Biberstein and asks for a medical certificate to leave the OD. Biberstein says it’ll be difficult...
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Chapter 32
...This provides an opportunity for Pemper (and others) to pressure Goldberg to include Dr. Alexander Biberstein on the list (brother of former Cracow Judenrat president Marek Biberstein. Goldberg had earlier told...
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Chapter 34
Ultimately, thanks to the delousing unit and the effort of doctors like Biberstein, there is no epidemic. In fact, healthy amounts of soup are turning Schindler’s 1,000 prisoners...
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