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.
Da piccolo era stato ostracizzato, non perché fosse ebreo -- i suoi genitori non erano comunque molto religiosi -- ma perché era nato con due piedi equini, una condizione che, a quei tempi, richiedeva il ricovero e un susseguirsi di operazioni dolorose tra l'età di 1 e 11 anni.