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Secretly Polish: Jack Tramiel, the Holocaust survivor who brought computers to the masses

Jack Tramiel, the Polish-born founder of Commodore, helped revolutionize home computing with affordable machines such as the Commodore 64, launched in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons, James Sheppard/Retro Gamer Magazine/Future/Getty Images)
Jack Tramiel, the Polish-born founder of Commodore, helped revolutionize home computing with affordable machines such as the Commodore 64, launched in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons, James Sheppard/Retro Gamer Magazine/Future/Getty Images)