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Portrait of a young Jewish woman, Eliska (Mautnerova) Palakova.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 42631
Portrait of a young Jewish woman, Eliska (Mautnerova) Palakova. In 1941 or 1942 Eliska was deported to Theresienstadt, where she worked as a children's dance and music teacher. She did not survive the war.

Portrait of a young Jewish woman, Eliska (Mautnerova) Palakova.

In 1941 or 1942 Eliska was deported to Theresienstadt, where she worked as a children's dance and music teacher. She did not survive the war.

Date
Circa 1930 - 1939
Locale
Prague, [Bohemia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale
Praha
Czech Republic
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Czechoslovakia -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marta Mautnerova Pekova

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Biography
Marta Mautnerova (now Pekova) is the daughter of Zigmund Mautner and Hedvika Mautnerova. She was born in Prague on August 8, 1913. Marta had three siblings: Eliska (b. June 3, 1911), Josef (b. May 7, 1919) and Jiri (b. September 8, 1925). On May 1, 1932 Marta married Karel Pick (later Peka) in Prague. During their honeymoon in Italy the following year, the couple met Mussolini who was staying at the same resort. Their daughter, Alena, was born three years later, on March 20, 1935. After the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia and the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939, the family was trapped in Prague. They were soon forced to abandon their home and move in with another Jewish family. In November 1941 Marta's husband was deported to Theresienstadt with the second transport, AK2. Marta and Alena followed in December. In Theresienstadt, Karel was employed as an electrician at the power station, while Marta worked in the camp administration office. All three evaded deportation to Auschwitz and were liberated in Theresienstadt on May 8, 1945. Marta's parents and siblings, however, all perished, some in Theresienstadt and others in Auschwitz.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Marta Mautnerova Pekova
 
Record last modified: 2001-08-16 00:00:00
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