Career
He emigrated to the United States. in 1940 and lived there until his death. Henry Winterfeld was married to Elsie Winterfeld. She worked as a toy designer and created a patented threeheaded doll.
The result was Henry Winterfeld"s first book, Trouble at Timpetill, which was published in 1937 in German under the pseudonym Manfred Michael.
He wrote many books aimed at children. These books have been translated into various languages.
A couple have been made into videos, such as the movie Les enfants de Timpelbach (English: Trouble at Timpetill) (2008). Because of the Nazi regime in Germany, Henry Winterfeld, who was a Jew, moved to Austria in 1933 and from there emigrated to France in 1938.
In October, 1939, he was arrested and interned in Nevers until he was able to emigrate to the United States before the Nazi troops invaded France began on May 10, 1940.
In 1946, he became an American citizen.