Anna Sophia Polak (1874 - 1943)
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| Religion / ideology | Jewish |
| Education | Educated at home, School education |
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Anna Sophia Polak was ...
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| Place(s) of Residence | Groningen (Groningen, NLD) , Netherlands , Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, NLD) |
Receptions of Anna Sophia Polak, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Cf. - Mineke Bosch, Een onwrikbaar geloof in rechtvaardigheid. Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929. Balans 2005.
Writings on women's labour.
Letters to Albert Verwey about the translation of Giuseppe Giacosa , "Una partita a scacchi" (published in Nuova Antologia, 1872, vol 19, no. 3, p. 613) and the publication of her poems, resp. in 1900 and 1906 (see for ref. NCC)
- Daughter of professor Ancient languages and cultures in Groningen (Herman Joseph Polak)
- Aletta Jacobs admired her for her zest for work (Bosch, 2005, p. 422)
- Translator from Italian - novels (certified translator): D'Annunzio, Sighele
- Involved in the movement of women rights (Vereniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht)
- Involved with organization of the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid in 1898.
- Head of the Nationaal Bureau voor Vrouwenarbeid (NBV) vanaf 1908
Probably suffered from dementia since ca. 1936. Was admitted to a psychiatric hospital (Oud-Rosenburg, The Hague) in 1941, where she and other Jewish patients were taken away by the German occupiers in 1943. Via camp Westerbork Polak arrived in extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she was killed immediately after arrival. (DVN)