He was ostracized as a child, not because he was a Jew -- his parents weren't very religious anyhow -- but because he had been born with two club feet, a condition which, in those days, required institutionalization and a succession of painful operations between the ages of one and 11.
Fora ostracizado quando era criança, não por ser judeu — os pais nem eram lá muito religiosos — mas porque tinha nascido com pés botos, uma situação que, naqueles dias, exigia internamento e uma série de operações dolorosas entre um ano e os 11 anos.