Polák, Josef (1886 - 1945)

Born 1886 in Prague. In 1945 dissappeared without trace in Auschwitz. Art historian, museum specialist. Czech-Jew. Director of the state East Slovak Museum in Košice. In 1942 became the main curator of the Jewish Central Museum in Prague. Became involed in the resistance movement, arrested by the Gestapo in August 1944.