About Felka Płatek
Lived 1899 – 1944 (aged 45). Felka Płatek was a Polish painter.
Felka Platek (Felka Płatek; 3 November 1899 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish artist.
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.
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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Who was Felka Płatek?
Polish painter (1899-1944)
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Felka Płatek was born on 3 January 1899 in Warsaw.
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Felka Płatek died on 2 August 1944 in Auschwitz.
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Felka Płatek was a painter.
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Felka Płatek was Polish.
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