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navigation, search  Arno  Penzias: Biography  Born: 26 April
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was born in Munich, Germany on 26 April 1933, the eldest son of
Karl and Justine Penzias. Because of the rise of Hitler and
their Polish-Jewish decent, the elder Penzias sought ways of
getting the family out of Germany. When the British government
agreed to accept 10,000 Jewish children on humanitarian grounds,
young Arno and his brother were put on the kindertransport.
Their parents were able to join them several weeks later.
Several months later the family headed for New York City,
settling there in early 1940.   As a child Penzias’ attended
public schools in the Bronx, New York. As a teenager, he
attended Brooklyn Technical High School, a specialized public
school for boys and then matriculated at City College of New
York planning to study chemical engineering. However,