Yosef Shimon Pollak

• 1870 - Link to Birth Record - Berettyóújfalu, Hungary - Born as Simon "Palák" on October 15, 1870. Parents: Ábrahám Pollák and Rúzi Zilber.
• 1896 - Marriage to Eszter BÖHM - Registered in Vállaj near Mérk, Hungary. The groom was born in Berettyóújfalu, but lived in Nagyszeben aka Sibiu, Romania. The bride was born and resided in Mérk, Hungary. Part 1 - Part 2

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Yahrzeit - יארצייט

9 Sivan 5704

Simon Pollak was born in Berettyoujfalu in 1874 to Avraham and Rakhel. He was a rabbi and married to Ester nee Boehm. Prior to WWII he lived in Satmar, Romania. During the war he was in Satmar, Romania. Simon perished in 1944 in Auschwitz, Poland.

Was 71 years old; Rabbi and publisher (Beth Vaad Lechachamim, Roshey Bsamim ...)

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07-Nov-1955 by his son Itzhak Itiel

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מאמר על הרב יוסף שמעון פאללאק מופיע בחוברת אור הצפון, במדור אנשי שם, עמ' ס-סא, מאת שלמה מאיר גראס.