Early Life
Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg was born on 22 February 1971 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Grunberg grew up in a family of Jewish immigrants. His mother survived the concentration camp Auschwitz. Grunberg attended the Vossius Gymnasium, but he got kicked out of the school.
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