Dr. Jack Wetter was born in 1943 in Brussels Belgium. He was born while in hiding with his parents in the basement of a rented apartment building. He lived there for two years, never leaving during the time that Hitler’s regime had occupied Belgium.
Once Jack came United States, he first lived in New York, then moved to Los Angeles in 1960. He obtained his doctorate in clinical psychology at UCLA and subsequently was an associate clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and was appointed as Chief of pediatric psychology for 20 years.
He subsequently went into private practice and retired in 2018. Since that time he has been lecturer at the Museum of Tolerance speaking of his holocaust experience to the visiting public, students, educators, and law-enforcement. He has been married for 56 years and has two children a son, who is a clinical psychologist and a daughter who is an educator. He and his wife have three grandchildren.
