Michael Steinberg was born on October 4, 1928 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was married to Jorja Fleezanis. He died on July 26, 2009 in Edina, Minnesota, USA.
He survived the Holocaust when he was rescued thanks in part to the Kindertransport, a rescue operation for children, that helped bring him to England to live with an adoptive family.