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|birth_date=28 September 1919 | |birth_date=28 September 1919 | ||
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''' | '''Joseph W. Eaton''' (born Josef Wechsler; 28 September 1919 – 15 October 2012) was a German-born Ritchie Boy who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] in military government and psychological warfare and later became a sociologist and professor of social work research at the University of Pittsburgh. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Eaton | Joseph W. Eaton was born Josef Wechsler on 28 September 1919 in Nuremberg, Germany, the son of Jakob Wechsler and Flora Wechsler (née Goldschmidt). His father owned a shaving-brush factory; when the business failed after the stock market crash, the family moved to Berlin in 1930. After the Nazis came to power, his parents arranged for Josef and a younger brother to emigrate to the United States on their own with the help of the German Jewish Children's Aid program, while two older brothers had already left for Palestine. He arrived in New York in November 1934, at fifteen. Eaton served two years in ROTC and graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in liberal arts in 1940. | ||
Eaton was | Eaton enlisted at Fort Jay, New York, on 9 September 1942 (ASN 32498461). By May 1943 he was a technician fifth grade serving as a general clerk at the 269th Station Hospital at Camp Ellis. Because of his language skills he was sent to Camp Ritchie, where he trained in military government and psychological warfare, and he was promoted to technician third grade on 25 May 1944. By then he had taken the surname Eaton, the name of his foster family, out of concern for his parents, who were living under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. He joined the 4th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company in April 1944 and served as a journalist for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, writing leaflets to be dropped behind enemy lines. After the war he was editor of the weekly paper in Straubing, and he also spent time at the Schwandorf displaced persons camp in Germany. His parents, Jacob and Flora, were murdered at the Sobibór killing center in 1943, and his maternal grandmother, Cilli Goldschmidt, died of starvation in Theresienstadt in March 1943. | ||
Eaton | Eaton completed a Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University in 1948 and worked as research director for a social work organization. He spent most of his career at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was appointed professor of social work research in the School of Social Work in 1959. He created the school's master's major in social work research and in the 1980s organized its dual-degree program with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, publishing widely in social work, sociology, public health, and public and international affairs. He died on 15 October 2012. | ||
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* Born 28 September 1919 in Germany. | * Born 28 September 1919 in Nuremberg, Germany. | ||
* 1930 — Family moved to Berlin. | |||
* November 1934 — Arrived in New York at age 15. | |||
* 1938 — Served as Pvt with ROTC (2 years). | * 1938 — Served as Pvt with ROTC (2 years). | ||
* 1940 — Graduated from Cornell University. | |||
* 9 September 1942 — Enlisted at Fort Jay NY as Pvt (ASN: 32498461). | * 9 September 1942 — Enlisted at Fort Jay NY as Pvt (ASN: 32498461). | ||
* 1943 — Parents Jacob and Flora murdered at Sobibór; maternal grandmother Cilli Goldschmidt died of starvation in Theresienstadt in March 1943. | |||
* 25 May 1943 — Served as T/5 as General Clerk at 269 Station Hosp, Camp Ellis. | * 25 May 1943 — Served as T/5 as General Clerk at 269 Station Hosp, Camp Ellis. | ||
* 20 April 1944 — Assigned to the 4th MRBC. | |||
* 25 May 1944 — Promoted to T/3 (S.O. 125). | * 25 May 1944 — Promoted to T/3 (S.O. 125). | ||
* | * 1948 — Ph.D. in sociology, Columbia University. | ||
* | * 1959 — Appointed professor of social work research, University of Pittsburgh. | ||
* 15 October 2012 — Died. | |||
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