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Why did Mike Nichols and his family leave Germany for the United States?
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Mike Nichols
American director Mike Nichols in 2010. He was one of only a few people to have ever earned an EGOT, having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony over the course of his career.
Mike Nichols and his family emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939 to escape the rise of Nazism and the associated persecution. The family arrived in New York City separately before the outbreak of World War II.12