Born in Germany in 1922, Baer's family fled the Nazis only two months before the infamous Kristallnacht attacks on Jewish stores and homes. From Holland they moved to America, where Baer's work in electronics would culminate in 2006 with him being awarded the National Medal of Technology by President George W Bush for his work in pioneering the video game industry.

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Ralph Baer, 'father of video games,' passes away [Gamasutra]