Research (documents)

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Shatzer, Julie A. "Exploring the Experience of Grandchildren Hearing and Retelling their Grandparents Holocaust Experiences". Smith College School of Social Work.

Scope and Contents This file covers Louis "Kid" Kaplan's career as a featherwieght boxer as well as his inuction into several halls of fame including the JHSGH Sports Hall of Fame. Kaplan took up fighting in Russia as a boy to defend himself because he was so small and poor (his father was in the junk business and Louis peddled various items), and continuted when his family moved to Meriden, CT when he was 19. His young age led to his nickname "Kid". He became the featherweight champion on January 2, 1925 when...

Oral History This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...

Scope and Contents This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...