He was ostracized as a child, not because he was a Jew -- his parents weren't very religious anyhow -- but because he had been born with two club feet, a condition which, in those days, required institutionalization and a succession of painful operations between the ages of one and 11.
还是个孩子的时候他就遭到流放，虽然他并不是犹太人-- 他的父母也没有什么非常特别的宗教信仰-- 由于特兹勒患有先天性马蹄内翻足。 这种情况在当时是要被收容在病院， 并且要接受一系列的痛苦的手术治疗，治疗一直从1岁持续到11岁。