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Plaks, ArvedGeislingen, Germany, [1945 - 1949]This cardboard box belonged to Arved Plaks, who used it to hold his leather tools, such as pliers and a silet, a tiny, knife-shaped piece of metal. The top of the box has a pencil-colored writing "Leatherwork tools". Arved fleed from Estonia in 1944 and stayed in Geislingen in Germany during the second half of the 1940s. While being there, he studied woodwork and leatherwork. In 1949 he and his family emigrated to the United States, where he became a recognized technical scientist.
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Oral history interview with Arved Plaks, 2 July 2014
Plaks, ArvedTallinn (Estonia), July 2, 2014Arved Plaks gives an overview of his childhood in Tallinn, how he left Estonia, his life as a refugee in Germany and how he immigrated to the USA. Likewise he speaks about leaving both Estonia and Germany and his life in the USA. Other important topics such as the Estonian language, Estonian identity and his contact with Estonia and Estonians are also reflected on.
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Geislingeni Eesti gümnaasiumis ôppinute elulugusid : üheksa lendu 1945 ja 1950 aastate ajavahemikus
Nassau Bay, Tex. : [publisher not identified], 2001.
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