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  1. Feb 26, 2019 · Winkler's parents barely escaped the Nazis. That Henry Winkler, his very existence, was once sitting directly in the path of history. That he exists today only because of the narrowest of...

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  2. Henry Winkler describing how his parents escaped from Nazi Germany. From an interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air in 2019. Winkler's parents, Ilse Anna Marie (née Hadra) and businessman Harry Irving Winkler were German Jews living in Berlin during the rise of Nazi Germany. By 1939, rising hostilities against Jews led his father to conclude that it was time to leave Germany. He ...

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  4. May 28, 2023 · In the scene, Barry only has time for two short words as he realizes whats about to happen: “Oh, wow.”. That’s more than Winkler could muster when Hader, who also cocreated the show and ...

  5. Mar 24, 2016 · Henry Winkler, the Jewish actor best known as tough-talking Arthur Fonzarelli — aka, “The Fonz” — on the 1970s-80s TV show “Happy Days,” is earning a new reputation. As a protector of a unique Holocaust legacy. Now 70 and a graying grandfather, the son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he keeps in his Hollywood home

  6. Oct 31, 2023 · Download. Embed. Transcript. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Henry Winkler about his memoir Being Henry: The Fonz... and Beyond, which details his big break on Happy Days and his mental health ...

  7. May 8, 2023 · May 8, 2023, 7:58 AM PDT. By Sarah Lemire. With slicked-back hair, leather jacket and signature "Ayyy ," Henry Winkler captivated a generation of TV viewers as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, a.k.a ...

  8. Aug 24, 2018 · In fact, it was painfully difficult for Henry Winkler to roar up on that Triumph in his iconic role as Fonzie in TV's Happy Days. "Riding a motorcycle -- I had to study for that role," the 72-year-old Winkler told me. He has dealt with dyslexia throughout his life, and it turns out the physical synchronization of clutch, throttle, shifter, and ...