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Henri Polak

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Dutch politician (1868-1943)

PoliticiansLived 1868 to 1943 · aged 74
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Henri Polak was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. Polak is best remembered as a longtime president of the General Diamond Workers' Union of the Netherlands (ANDB) and as a founder of the Dutch Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1894.

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Henri Polak, painted by Johan van Caspel (1912)Henri Polak, painted by Johan van Caspel (1912)

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Henri Polak was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. Polak is best remembered as a longtime president of the General Diamond Workers' Union of the Netherlands (ANDB) and as a founder of the Dutch Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1894. Targeted as a Jew, a marxist, and a trade unionist, Polak was arrested by the Nazis in 1940 but died early in 1943 before he could be deported.

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Politicians
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deceased
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Lived 1868 to 1943 · aged 74
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