Henry Winkler Shares Family Story For Holocaust Remembrance

Henry Winkler speaks on stage at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards in the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, June 10, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

Henry Winkler talks about his family and the Holocaust on “City Lights.”

Henry Winkler is the protector of an extraordinary Holocaust legacy.

The actor best known to baby boomers as “The Fonz” and to younger generations for his work on “Arrested Development” and much more, grew up with parents who had narrowly escaped Nazi capture. The rest of Winkler’s extended family did not survive.

Sundown Wednesday, May 4 marks the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

When Henry Winkler visited WABE in March, he shared his family’s story.