Fried was born in 1935 in Prague , Czechoslovakia , where his father was an important industrialist and Czech patriot . The Frieds left Czechoslovakia in 1939 to escape the anticipated Nazi Germany 's persecution of Jews , lived in England for almost two years and came to the United States in 1941 via Montreal , Quebec , Canada . He and his parents became United States citizens in 1948 , after the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia . After graduating from the Lawrenceville School in 1952 , he attended Princeton University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956 . Fried then attended the University of Oxford , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree in Jurisprudence , in 1958 and 1960 , respectively , and was awarded the Ordronnaux Prize in Law ( 1958 ) . In 1960 , Fried received his Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B . ) degree from Columbia Law School , where he was a Stone Scholar . Subsequently , he served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan II
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Charles Fried