Overview
- Description
- The Felix Kotek family papers include a photograph of Felix Kotek, a 1940 letter from “Leo” and Marie Wolle in London to Sala and Moritz Kotek care of the Goldberg family in Białystok, two 1941 Soviet death certificates for Moisei Kotek, a 1941 Soviet death certificate for Sara Kotek, and a 1945 German death certificate for Felix Kotek.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1945
- Collection Creator
- Kotek family
- Biography
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Felix Kotek (1913-1945) was born in Opatówek, Poland to Jakob and Sara Kotek. He died in the Jewish community hospital in Berlin of a ruptured appendix. His family owned and operated a cake bakery at 11 Listopada Street in Łódź. According to his death certificate, his parents died at Auschwitz. His relatives Moisei and Sara Kotek died in Bukhara in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1941.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Felix Kotek family papers are arranged as a single series: Series I. Felix Kotek family papers, 1940-1945
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Rita Hofrichter donated the Felix Kotek family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999. Hofrichter had received them from her late husband, who had been a friend of Felix Kotek
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:57:19
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