ZALMEN SHIK (SZYK) (d. May 8, 1942)
Born in
Latvia, he was for many years chairman of the Vilna branch of the Landkentenish
(land touring) society (VILG). He
contributed to: Landkentenish yedies
(Landkentenish information) in Warsaw, Gluboker
vokh (Gluboke week), Unzer lebn
(Our life) in Bialystok, Sport-tsaytung
(Sport newspaper) in Warsaw, Etyudn
(Studies) in Vilna, the Vilna daily newspaper Di tsayt (the times) (1931-1939), and Vilner almanakh (Vilna almanac) (1939). In book form: 1000 yor vilne (One thousand years of Vilna), part 1 (Vilna: VILG,
1939), 520 pp. He fled Vilna to Lide
(Lida) with prepared materials for part 2.
He was murdered by the Nazis.
Sources: Hirsh Abramovitsh, in Di tsayt (Vilna) (May 19, 1939); Shloyme Bastomski, in Shulfraynd (Vilna) 1-3 (1939); Leyzer
Ran, Yerusholaim delite, ilustrirt un
dokumentirt (Jerusalem of Lithuania, illustrated and documented) (New York,
1974-1975), see index.
Leyzer Ran
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