Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 18 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1939, i ngā marama tuatahi o te noho a te Manahi ki Poland
Ko Oskar Schindler i whakauruhia tuatahi ki a Stern, i te wa e mahi ana hei kaute mo te hoa o Schindler Abwehr Josef "Sepp" Aue, nana nei i tango te waahi mahi a Stern i mua. I whakaatuhia e Schindler ki a Stern te peeke putea o tetahi kamupene e whakaaro ana ia ki te hoko, he kaihanga enamelware e kiia ana ko Ltd. na tetahi roopu o nga kaipakihi Hurai (tae atu ki a Abraham Bankier) i tono mo te peeke i tera tau. I tohutohu a Stern ki a ia kia kaua e whakahaere i te kamupene hei kaitiaki i raro i te mana o te (Main Trustee Office for the East), me hoko, te riihi ranei i te pakihi tika, na te mea ka nui ake te herekore mai i nga whakahau a nga Nazis, tae atu ki te herekore ki te utu i etahi atu Hurai. Ahakoa he Hurai a Stern, he mema hoki a Schindler o te Rōpū Nazi, he hoa a Schindler ki a Stern. I muri mai, ka mea a Stern mo te hui: