Valli Kafka
Valerie "Valli" Kafka , married Valerie Pollak (born September 25, 1890 in Prague ; murdered in autumn 1942 in the Kulmhof extermination camp ) was Franz Kafka's second oldest sister .
Life
Valli Kafka attended the German girls' school in Prague and later a private training institute for girls. Little is known about Kafka's relationship with Valli. Of all the siblings, she was supposedly the one who had the least trouble with her father, Hermann Kafka. Outwardly, she appeared reserved and adjusted, but was well-read and had a good feeling for language.
In 1913 she married the commercial clerk Josef Pollak, with whom she had daughters Marianne (1913–2000) and Lotte (1914–1931). She became one of the first teachers in the Prague Jewish school founded in 1920.
End of October 1941 Valli was with her husband in the Lodz ghetto deported where they temporarily in early 1942 with Vallis sister Elli lived together and their daughter Hanna. Valerie Pollak was probably murdered in the Kulmhof extermination camp in autumn 1942 . Elli and the third sister Ottla and other relatives were also victims of the Holocaust . A plaque on the family grave in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague commemorates the three sisters.
Her first daughter Marianne emigrated to England with her husband Georg Steiner in 1939. She looked after the inheritance of her uncle Franz Kafka until her death.
literature
- Alena Wagnerová : The Kafka family from Prague . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-596-14355-1 .
Web links
- Page of the Fischer-Verlag about Valli Kafka
- Page about the daughter Marianne
- The Final Journey of Franz Kafka's Sisters
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kafka, Valli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kafka, Valerie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sister of Franz Kafka, victim of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |
| Place of death | Chelmno |