benzion's father, cantor, schochet and mohel, reb aaron daniel miller (1911–2000) was born in the jewish community of oświęcim (yiddish: oshpitsin, german: auschwitz) in poland. aaron, his father and grandfather were cantors at the bobover courts. aaron's wife and children were killed in nazi concentration camps. aaron met benzion's mother, who was from the belz hasidic dynasty, after the war in a displaced persons camp in munich, germany.