Shik, Zalmen
-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.