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David Zhuk

Records on this page tell what became of him

דוד זשוק

Also spelled David Zaks

Printed in 3 issues of the paper, from February 28, 1936 to May 22, 1936.

Life events

In the paper

1936

  1. ה׳ אֲדָר תרצ״וFebruary 28, 1936 למשפחת ניצברג לנש אי בתם מרת משפחת טשרניק, דוד זשוק (מלטש Wedding greetings to the Nitzberg family Ad · Wedding greeting signer
  2. כ״ג אִיָּיר תרצ״וMay 15, 1936 דער פאמיליע טשערניאק (מאלטש מאיר איטשע ווארשאווסקי און פאמיליע (פרוזשאנע Wedding greetings to the Cherniak family Ad · Wedding greeting betrothed
  3. כ״ג אִיָּיר תרצ״וMay 15, 1936 אונזערע פריינט פאמיליע טשערניאק רבקה לייבל ישראל לעווין (קאלאניע Wedding greetings to the Cherniak family Ad · Wedding greeting betrothed
  4. כ״ג אִיָּיר תרצ״וMay 15, 1936 רבקה ודוד! מאהלים גיטל ושמחה אפלבוים (מאלטע Wedding greetings to Rivka and David Ad · Wedding greeting betrothed
  5. א׳ סִיוָן תרצ״וMay 22, 1936 דער פאמיליע טשערניאק (מאלטש יצחק־מאיר ווארשאווסקי און פאמיליע (פרוזשאנע Wedding greetings to Rivka Czerniak and David Zhuk Ad · Wedding greeting betrothed

From the records

  • Child: My children Leibl and Malka, Maltsh (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • Rivka is daughter of R' Shalom-Chaim Cherniak; the paper does not name her father (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • Parent: My parents Israel son of Yitzchak and Leah Zhuk, Maltsh (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • David Zaks signs the memorial notices from Canada; the adjacent parental plaque gives the family surname Zhuk (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • Sibling: My sisters Malka, Keila, Shifra, Hindl and brother Itshe (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • The wife, children, parents and siblings commemorated in these plaques were murdered in Auschwitz in 1943; these deaths are not David's fate (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • Spouse: My wife Rivka Cherniak, Maltsh

    • Pruzhaner Shtime, 1936-05-15
      דער פאמיליע טשערניאק (מאלטש) צו דער חתונה פון זייער טאכטער רבקה מיט ה' דוד זשוק
    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 820, scan n841

  • David Zhuk is explicitly among the survivors of Maltsh in Shmuel-Mordechai Rubinstein's July 1945 letter (probable)

    • Pinkas Pruzhany (1958), p. 739, scan n760

What became of him

By the records on this page, he survived the Holocaust.

A computer (AI) read and translated these issues and matched up the names. No one has checked its work yet, so a piece listed here may be about someone else with the same name.