Karl Pollak

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Name Karl Pollak Geboren 14 Mrz 1903 Wien, Wien, Österreich Geschlecht männlich Emigration 1939 Colchester, England, Großbritannien Flucht vor NS-Verfolgung Event 1940 Kitchener's Camp, Richborough, England, Großbritannien Internierung Event bis 1942 Orange Camp, Orange, New South Wales, Australien Internierung Occupation/Beruf nach 1943 London, England, Großbritannien Fotograf, Porträtfotograf Naturalization 1949 Britischer Staatsbürger Occupation/Beruf von 1950 bis 1964 London, England, Großbritannien Kunstlehrer (Fotografie) bei Ilford Biography Karl Pollak was born in Vienna, Austria on 14/3/1903. Trained as a baker and confectioner, qualified as a journeyman. After an accident at work he changed career and studied photography. He married and on 29/8/32 his son Harry was born. Both his wife and son died in death camps. In 1939 he left Vienna for Colchester. In October 1939 he appeared before an Aliens Tribunal and in 1940 he was interned at Kitchener's Camp, Richborough, Kent and later that year he was transferred to Orange Camp in New South Wales, Australia. In 1942 he returned to the UK in order to do everything within his power to promote the allied victory. In 1943 he was released from internment. In 1944 and 1945 he worked as a portrait photographer in Wellington then in London Studios in Bond Street and The Strand. In October 1949 he became a British National. Between 1950 and 1964 he lectured on black and white portrait photography at Ilford. He exhibited his work in the Uk and abroad. He died in 1983, survived by his second wife Johanna Beck, a Jewish emigré from Vienna like himself.
Much of his work is in the National Portrait Gallery in London and Bradford Autographic Museum also has a collection of his photographs.Gestorben 1983 London, England, Großbritannien Notizen - Quellen:
The Dannhauser Chronicle, S. 44
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/karl-pollak-an-archive-collection-of-early-to-m-1-c-fef3f52d67 (Stand: 28.4.2012)
Personen-Kennung I14035 Zuletzt bearbeitet am 28 Apr 2012
Familie 1 Johanna Beck, geb. 28 Jan 1902, Wien, Wien, Österreich , gest. nach 1990, London, England, Großbritannien
(Alter > 89 Jahre)
Verheiratet nach 1942 London, England, Großbritannien Zuletzt bearbeitet am 28 Apr 2012 Familien-Kennung F32251 Familienblatt
Familie 2 ? ? Verheiratet vor 1932 Kinder 1. Lebend Zuletzt bearbeitet am 28 Apr 2012 Familien-Kennung F32252 Familienblatt
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