Zdeněk was born on June 5, 1889, in Liteň, , Beroun District, Czech Republic, the second child of Joseph and Karoline Pollak Roubiček. He was living in Prague at tř. Marie Terezie 8, when he was seized and transported to Terezín, on Transport M, Dec. 14, 1941, as Prisoner 846. After four months in Terezín he was then transported on Transport An, as Prisoner 132, to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he perished.