The household of Maurits Polak and Anna Kaas included their son Jules Carel Polak and another child with a spouse, both of whom survived the war. Shortly after their wedding in 1943 the spouse caught scarlet fever, and as a result their deportation was postponed.
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Maurits Polak was a salesman of the Herman Godschalk food industry.
He was also a good cellist.
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After the deportation of Maurits and Jules Polak, from 1 July 1943, their house became the headquarters of the Colonne Henneicke, a group so-called jewshunters.
See for more information: Ad van Liempt, Kopgeld. Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden 1943. (Amsterdam 2002)
In addition, Jokos files (numbers 5346, 18217) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 14027(4364)/7479).