Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Gabatarwa: An haifi Penzias a Munich, Jamus, ɗan Justine (née Eisenreich) da Karl Penzias, wanda ke gudanar da kasuwancin fata. Kakanninsa sun zo Munich daga Poland kuma suna cikin shugabannin Reichenbach Strasse Shul. Lokacin da yake da shekaru shida, shi da ɗan'uwansa Gunther suna cikin yaran yahudawa da aka kwashe zuwa Burtaniya a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin ceto na Kindertransport. Bayan wani lokaci, iyayensa ma suka gudu daga Nazi Jamus zuwa Amurka, kuma iyalin suka zauna a Garment District na Birnin New York a shekara ta 1940. A shekara ta 1946, Penzias ya zama dan kasa na Amurka. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Brooklyn a 1951 kuma bayan ya shiga karatun ilmin sunadarai a Kwalejin Birnin New York, ya canza manyan abubuwa kuma ya kammala karatunsa a 1954 tare da digiri a fannin kimiyyar lissafi, kusa da saman aji.  Tambaya: Wace makaranta ce mai lambar yabo ta Nobel a fannin kimiyyar lissafi ya halarta?
Makarantar Fasaha ta Brooklyn