Early Life and Education
Auerbach was born in Manhattan, New York City. He was the first child of European Jewish immigrants, Max and Jennie Auerbach. He never completed high school or college, entering New York University based on exams, then leaving without degree to enter New York Medical College, receiving his MD in 1929. He later studied pathology in Vienna, where he met his wife.
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