▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 7 4 ) ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ne unk ir chen , ▁Austria . ▁He ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Vienna ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁community ' s ▁Ag ud ath ▁Israel . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁s ht ad lan ▁from ▁Vienna . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁An schluss ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁Ste inf eld ▁to iled ▁to ▁help ▁Jews ▁em igr ate ▁from ▁Austria . ▁With ▁great ▁personal ▁risk ▁Julius ▁negoti ated ▁with ▁E ich mann ▁to ▁obtain ▁exit ▁vis as ▁for ▁Jews ▁trying ▁to ▁fle e ▁Naz i ▁Austria . ▁His ▁courage ous ▁inter vent ions ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁his ▁fellow ▁Jews , ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁imprison ment ▁by ▁E ich mann . ▁His ▁cousin ▁Emil ▁Deutsch ▁succeeded ▁in ▁b ail ing ▁him ▁out ▁of ▁prison . ▁In ▁coord ination ▁with ▁Rab bi ▁Dr . ▁Sol omon ▁Sch on feld ▁Julius ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁arrang ements ▁for ▁the ▁kind er transport ▁where ▁thousands ▁of ▁Jewish ▁children ▁were ▁sent ▁from ▁Vienna ▁to ▁England . ▁Julius ▁had ▁left ▁Vienna ▁and ▁returned ▁many ▁times ▁during ▁the ▁Naz i ▁period ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁proc ure ▁entry ▁vis as ▁to ▁nearly ▁ 3 0 ▁countries ▁throughout ▁the ▁world ▁including ▁Palest ine , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁England . ▁All ▁in ▁all ▁almost ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁Jews ▁were ▁helped ▁to ▁em igr ate ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁efforts . ▁ ▁Ste inf eld ▁end anger ed ▁his ▁life ▁by