{"id":54516,"date":"2023-02-26T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=54516"},"modified":"2023-02-26T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:03:11","slug":"actor-henry-winkler-on-his-familys-holocaust-escape-story-see-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=54516","title":{"rendered":"Actor Henry Winkler On His Family’s Holocaust-Escape Story. See what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, life can be very horrible. Everyone will inevitably encounter challenging conditions. But, most people will never experience anything like to the Holocaust or Germany under Nazi rule.<\/p>\n

Happy Days actor Henry Winkler, better known as Arthur \u2018Fonzie\u2019 Fonzarelli, spoke of his father’s escape from Nazi-occupied Germany. <\/p>\n

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Henry talks about his father’s escape from the fury and torture of Nazi forces in Berlin, Germany, <\/p>\n

during the conversation. He notes that his parents had each been granted a six-week work visa for the US. <\/p>\n

But before departing, his father devised a brilliant scheme to support himself in America while avoiding detection by the wary Nazi soldiers. <\/p>\n

Henry added, \u2018My father begged his mother for jewelry. \u2018Then after purchasing a box of chocolate, <\/p>\n

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he melted it down and covered each piece of jewelry in it. Place the box beneath his arm and then into the box. <\/p>\n

Henry claimed that his father came up with this strategy because he thought the Nazis might ask a question. <\/p>\n

So, when the Nazis questioned, \u2018Are you taking anything of value out of Germany?,\u2019 No, check our baggage, check us, nothing, he said, Henry recalled. <\/p>\n

Henry claimed that after coming to America, his father utilized the cash from pawning the jewels to support him in establishing a new life in New York City. <\/p>\n

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Henry clarifies that the story doesn’t finish there, though. <\/p>\n

Henry explained, \u2018[My father] eventually developed a lumber business and was able to buy the jewelry back. <\/p>\n

And I have my great-pocket grandfather’s watch that was hidden inside a chocolate container and smuggled out of Germany. Still effective. Just great to pass down from one generation to the next. <\/p>\n

Wow! <\/p>\n

Near the end of the three-minute interview, Henry discusses how and why he and his family have grown to value a single potted plant so highly.<\/p>\n