Birbraer was born in Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, where he lived until the age of 14; his family lived under a non-Jewish sounding surname in those years due to severe local anti-Semitism.
Birbraer was born in Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. He lived until the age of 14. His family lived under a non-Jewish sounding surname in those years due to severe local anti-Semitism.