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Personal data Joseph Polak 


Household of Joseph Polak

He is married to Lena Barend.

They got married on November 20, 1940 at Amsterdam, he was 25 years old.


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Polak

Aron Straten, van
1844-1904
Rachel Boas
1858-1943
Aron Polak
1893-1943

Joseph Polak
1915-1943

1940

Lena Barend
1909-????


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    Birthday September 13, 1915

    • The temperature on September 13, 1915 was between 8.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
      • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
      • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
      • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
      • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
      • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

    Day of marriage November 20, 1940

    • The temperature on November 20, 1940 was between 2.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
      • June 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
      • September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
      • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
      • October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
      • November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.

    Day of death May 28, 1943

    • The temperature on May 28, 1943 was between 7.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
      • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
      • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
      • July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
      • September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
      • October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
    

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    • 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)
    • 1916 » Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter († 1990)
    • 1917 » Carol Kendall, American historian and author († 2012)
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    Source: Wikipedia


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