Felka Płatek
Felka Platek (Felka Płatek; 3 November 1899 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish artist.
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Felka Płatek
Felix Nussbaum · Public domain
- Name
- Felka Platek
- Born
- 3 November 1899
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- 2 August 1944
- Place of death
- Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Polish
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Key facts
• Name — Felka Platek • Born — 3 November 1899 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Died — 2 August 1944 • Place of death — Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland • Field — Painting
Biography
Biography
Platek was born on 3 November 1899 in Warsaw, Poland. She was the companion and later the wife of the German painter Felix Nussbaum. The couple fled Germany around 1935. They lived in Paris, then Ostend, settling in Brussels where they married in 1937. Nussbaum and Platek were arrested by the Germans in 1944. They were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp Platek was murdered, probably on or about 2 August 1944 at Auschwitz.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — A still life with red roses in a glass vase, 1929 • Illustration — Portrait of Mrs. Etienne,1940
Schilderij van Felix Nussbaum
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Porträt der Frau Etienne
Felka Płatek (1899-1944)
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Legacy
In 2014 the International Auschwitz Committee sponsored a program entitled "Find Felka! Find Felix!". The Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück includes a permanent display of Platek's work. "
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- 1.Płatek, Felka, 1899–1944. Virtual International Authority File.
- 2.Glueck, Grace. Terrifying Fantasies That Augured Reality. The New York Times. 2 June 1985.
- 3.Felix Nussbaum. Yad Vashem.
- 4.Felix Nussbaum. Weimar. 16 July 2010.
- 5.The International Auschwitz Committee commemorates artist couple Felka Platek and Felix Nussbaum. IHRA.
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