Heinz Steinitz
Three sons were born to Heinz Steinitz and Dr. Ruth Steinitz. Each turned to sciences: Raphael Steinitz, an astrophysicist, is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheba; Gideon Steinitz, a senior geologist, was the former Head of the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem; and Benjamin Steinitz, a plant scientist retired as a senior research scientist in the fields of plant physiology and horticulture at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion.
Gerhard Storz
In January 1933 the Nazis had taken power and lost little time in transforming Germany into a one-party dictatorship. On 1 June 1933 Gerhard Storz became a member of the party sponsored Nazi Teachers' Association (""Nationalsozialistische Lehrerbund"" / NSLB). This would have been seen as a necessary precondition for a career switch into the schools sector. It was also in 1935 that Stolz's first marriage ended in divorce after seven years. Martha married Pavel Hackel the next year, and the couple had to leave German "for political reasons". They would live in exile in South Africa till 1960 Gerhard Schorz would remarry only in 1944.