Camus was born in extreme poverty in Algiers to a French father and Spanish mother. Less than a month after he was born his father was killed in World War I. Camus grew up in a two-bedroom apartment with his mother, brother, grandmother and a paralyzed uncle. As an elementary school student he was helped by a teacher, Louis Germain, to whom he dedicated his Nobel Prize acceptance speech thirty-four years later. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, but had to drop out due to tuberculosis. When his health permitted, he greatly enjoyed sports, especially soccer, as well as the theatre. He was active in the French Resistance during World War II, working on the newspaper "Combat", which he co-edited with fellow French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre. Three years after winning the Nobel Prize Camus was killed in an automobile accident.