Another Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany won a Nobel prize. (Hat tip: Rahel.)
The beaming Aumann, with a long, flowing white beard and a knitted brown and white skullcap, entered a crowded news conference at the center, cradling an infant grandchild. Several other grandchildren played in the back of the hall as other family members, including his children and brother, looked on.
Aumann said he was taken by surprise when he learned he had won. He was sitting at his computer writing letters in his office when he got the phone call from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His phone did not stop ringing for the rest of the day, although he said he eventually stopped answering it.
The award marked a half-century career for Aumann, who was born in Germany and fled the Nazis, moving to the U.S. with his family in 1938. His parents, who were wealthy, “lost everything,” he said.
Aumann, an observant Jew, said he and his brother had pledged as youths to move to Israel. Aumann moved to the Jewish state in 1956 after receiving his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and landed a job with the Hebrew University.
One of Aumann’s five children was killed in 1982 while serving as a soldier in Israel’s war in Lebanon. Aumann has 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Look at that. Not only did Aumann survive the Nazis, but he was fruitful and multiplied–while remaining a Jew.
I love a happy ending. Gee, it must suck to be a neo-Nazi and read about this guy, hm?
Love your post title.