Photographs (5) of Adolf K. Placzek, 1932-1985
- Containers:
- Box 2, Folder 4
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Placzek with Paul Stern in medical school, standing over a cadaver, possibly the one mentioned on page 117 of The Real Mrs. Miniver that describes Placzek's severe short-comings as a medical student: Attempting to perform a simple appendectomy on a cadaver," Placzek was told that he had killed his 'patient' 14 different ways.
Portrait of Dolf in 1933.
Placzek in his Army uniform with Jan Struther, Jan died in 1953.
Placzek and his wife, Bev.
A family picture from June 1985. From left, Cousin Ernst Phillip, Bev Placzek, Placzek's sister, Susan Stern, brother-in-law Paul Stern.
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