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Nell Polacek 1914 - 1992

Nell Polacek of Odessa, Ector County, TX was born on August 8, 1914, and died at age 78 years old on October 11, 1992.
Nell Polacek
Odessa, Ector County, TX 79762
August 8, 1914
October 11, 1992
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  • 08/8
    1914

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    August 8, 1914
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  • 10/11
    1992

    Death

    October 11, 1992
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    Nell Polacek lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1914, in the year that Nell Polacek was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1924, Nell was merely 10 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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