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12 Facts About Hilda Weiss

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Hilda Weiss was a sociologist, trade unionist and socialist.

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Hilda Weiss lived in Germany until 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power, when she escaped to France.

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Hilda Weiss wrote her thesis on a comparison of the Zeiss optical factory, based on her personal experiences working there, and the Ford Motor Company in Detroit.

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Hilda Weiss describes the challenges of working at Zeiss in her autobiography, where she was the only woman in her department.

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The survey was "largely carried out" by Hilda Weiss and involved distributing questionnaires to 3,300 participants.

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Hilde Hilda Weiss turned out to be the most valued associate in the undertaking; she was charged with the distribution of the questionnaire and taking the measures necessary to guarantee a high return rate from the respondents.

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Hilda Weiss had studied earlier German survey research ventures, especially Max Weber's pioneering protocols to solicit data about the social psychology and feelings of German workers.

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8.

Hilda Weiss was Jewish, so with the rise of Nazism it was extremely dangerous for her to stay in Germany.

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Hilda Weiss decided to leave for Switzerland in April 1933.

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Hilda Weiss helped her to escape, concocting cover stories whenever she was approached by German police.

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In October 1935, Hilda Weiss married Louis Rigaudias, a French Trotskyist leader.

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Hilda Weiss married Joseph P Parker on 6 April 1955; however, letter suggest the msummer 1950.