Kimel was born on 7 October 1928 in
Berlin,
Brandenburg,
Prussia,
Germany. His mother was Eva-Kimel Goldberg. His parents split in 1930 and Kimel together with his mother moved in with her sister and her family in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, while his father remained in Berlin. After being in kindergarten for two years he attended a
Montessori school for six years. During his childhood in Amsterdam he was friends with
Anne Frank. After the war Kimel studied science in Amsterdam and also became active in
Habonim. In 1994 he was interviewed by David A. Slavkin of the
Anti-Defamation League of
Orange County, California on his history as a survivor of
the Holocaust, the files were copied to the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000. Kimel died in
Haifa on 14 August 2021 at the age 92. ==References==