The home video game console

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Who

Ralph Baer, a German-born Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany

When

1972

Where

New Hampshire, United States

Ralph Baer fled Germany with his family in 1938, two months before Kristallnacht. In 1966 he sketched the idea of playing games on an ordinary television set; his "Brown Box" prototype became the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, the first home console, and every console since descends from it.

Sources

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.