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Grothendieck lived with his parents until 1933 in Berlin.

At the end of that year, Shapiro moved to Paris, and Hanka followed him the next year.

They left Grothendieck in the care of Wilhelm Heydorn, a Lutheran Pastor and teacher in Hamburg where he went to school.

During this time, his parents took part in the Spanish Civil War in supporting rather than fighting roles.

Grothendieck speaks French, English and German.