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Felka Platek

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Felka Platek
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Felka Platek (Felka Płatek; 3 November 1899 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish artist.

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Biography

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]

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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. "[5]

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