Peter J. Stein *69

Peter died in Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 2024.

He was born in Prague, Sept. 22, 1936, and his life was changed forever when German troops entered the city in 1939. His family survived years of terror and close calls and arrived in New York Nov. 3, 1948.

Peter graduated from City College of New York in 1959 and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton in 1969.

He taught sociology at Lehman College of the City University of New York, where he was also director of general studies. He then joined William Paterson University’s sociology department and served as co-director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peter was a senior research scientist at the Institute on Aging and director of Aging Workforce Initiatives. He helped to develop the Holocaust Speakers Bureau in Chapel Hill.

After retiring, he lived in Washington and volunteered at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Peter published eight books on subjects such as family life, marriage, and gerontology. In 2018 he wrote A Boy’s Journey: From Nazi-Occupied Prague to Freedom in America.

Peter is survived by his wife, Michele; and son Michael.

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