# Talk:Henry Winkler


### Henry Winkler
Further explanation for my edit on Winkler's uncle and grandmother:
Excerpt, Winkler's NPR interview: 

GROSS: And you had an uncle who stayed behind a little longer and couldn't get out, right?
WINKLER: I did - Uncle Helmut. And he was supposed to escape with a submarine that was supposed - you know, they had a meeting place. And they - a lot of friends were going to get on this submarine and get out. And he said, no, no, no. I'm just going to stay one more day. It'll be fine. I'm having a white dinner jacket made at the tailor. And I think I can wait one more day, and I'll be OK. And he was taken to Auschwitz.
Possibly a misunderstanding. In Berlin, Jews received written orders to report for deportation. Some went into hiding instead. They were colloquially called "U-Boot"s (submarines). Helmut fled to Amsterdam in January 1940. According to the German webpages for Helmut Winkler's commemorative plaque, he was in hiding in Amsterdam for several months after the Germans occupied the Netherlands before he was caught and transported to Auschwitz with his mother in 1942. She was murdered on arrival, he died three months later. Space4TCatHerder🖖 15:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)