Felka Platek | |
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 Felka Platek, 1937 | |
| Born | 3 November 1899 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 2 August 1944 (aged 44) Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painting |
Felka Platek (Felka Płatek) (1899-1944) was a Polish artist.
Felka Platek | |
|---|---|
| Felka Platek, 1937 | |
| Born | 3 November 1899 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 2 August 1944 (aged 44) Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painting |
Felka Platek (Felka Płatek) (1899-1944) was a Polish artist.
Platek was born on 3 November 1899 in Warsaw, Poland. [1] She was the companion and later the wife of the German painter Felix Nussbaum. [2]
The couple fled Germany around 1935. They lived in Paris, then Ostend, settling in Brussels where they married in 1937. [3] 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. [4]
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. " [5]
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