Foner was born " Heinz Lichtwitz " ( nickname " Heini " ) in 1932 in Germany . In 1937 , his mother died , so his grandparents helped raise him . His grandfather was Ernst Lichtwitz , owner of a printing press . Henry lived with his father , Max Lichtwitz and his mother , Ilse Lichtwitz nee Badt in 30 Kantstrasse , Charlottenburg , Berlin . A few months after the '' Kristallnacht '' , he was sent to the United Kingdom and arrived on February 3 , 1939 , in Swansea , Wales , to live with Morris and Winifred Foner , to whom he referred as his uncle and aunt . His father was sent to Auschwitz on December 9 , 1942 and died a week later
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Henry Foner (chemist)