Painting: Esther Frederika Polak, 2019 by Lauren Bergman

Lauren Bergman

Esther Frederika Polak, 2019

Oil on cradled panel, 36 x 36 in.

The Collection · Part One

Esther Frederika Polak

Esther was born on January 26, 1937, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Emanuel and Rachel Polak. She and her family were taken to Westerbork, a transit camp for Dutch Jews, and then to Auschwitz. Esther was gassed there on July 29, 1942, at age five-and-a-half.

Archival photograph: Esther Frederika Polak
Esther Frederika Polak, date unknownReproduction of a gelatin silver print, Yad Vashem

Musical Composition

Esther Frederika Polak, 2019 — Ella Milch-Sheriff

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Music & Video

Esther Frederika PolakComposition by Ella Milch-Sheriff