Penzias akaberekerwa muMunich, Germany, mwanakomana waJustine (née Eisenreich) naKarl Penzias, uyo aimhanyisa bhizinesi reganda. Sekuru nasekuru vake vakauya kuMunich kubva kuPoland uye vaive pakati pevatungamiriri veReichenbach Strasse Shul. Pazera ramakore matanhatu, iye nemukoma wake Gunther vaive pakati pevana vechiJuda vakaburitswa kuBritain sechikamu cheKindertransport kununura mashandiro. Imwe nguva gare gare, vabereki vake vakatizawo kubva kuNazi Germany kuenda kuUS, uye mhuri yakagara muGarment District yeNew York City muna 1940. Muna 1946, Penzias akazove mugari wemuUnited States. Akapedza kudzidza kuBrooklyn Technical High School muna 1951 uye mushure mekunyoresa kudzidza kemisitiri kuNew York City, akachinja majors uye akapedza kudzidza muna 1954 aine degree mufizikisi, akaverengerwa padanho repamusoro mukirasi yake.
Brooklyn Technical High School