Born in Lwow, Alfred Nossig experienced several ups and downs in his lifetime. He began as a zionist activist, German journalist, then sculptor, scholar and politician, with a marked fondness for Germany and German culture. After spending years in Berlin, he came to Poland in the 20s and tried to act as mediator there between the Government and the Jewish Community. Just before World War II exploded, he took refuge in Warsaw, where he rapidly became an important agent of the german authorities, at the specific request of the SS.
He was undoubtedly a Gestapo collaborator. Nossig was executed by the JFO on February 22, 1943. He was then 80.
