Childhood, Education & Early Career Henry Kissinger was born on
27 May 1923 in Furth Bavaria, Germany to Jewish parents Louis
Kissinger; who was a school teacher, and Paula Stern. Hennery
Kissinger has a younger brother Walter. Following the mass
killing of Jewish community in Germany by Nazis, Kissinger’s
family moved to New York in 1938, where his original name Heinz
Alfred Kissinger was changed to Henry Kissinger and was granted
the U.S. citizenship on 19 June 1943. Kissinger received his
primary education from the George Washington High School which
he attended during night while working in a factory during the
day time; and later enrolled in the City College of New York and
Harvard College in 1950, where he was awarded an A. B. degree in
1950. He joined the U.S. army in South Carolina in 1943; while
still in the City College of New York, and was made a German
interpreter for the Counter Intelligence Corps. He received two
more degrees in future from the Harvard University; A.M. in 1952
and a Ph.D. in 195