Weinman grew up in Morris Plains , New Jersey . He is of Austrian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish/Austrian descent through his grandparents who fled to the United States before The Holocaust . Weinman 's family was not actively observant but he grew up " with a real appreciation of the culture of Judaism " . He was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder ( ADD ) as a child . He later stated that " music saved his life " because it helped him to discover new ways of learning , make friends and it gave him a sense of purpose
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Ben Weinman