Collection
Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.
The Pollak Family
Write the Great BookOrigin of the name, history and genealogy of the Pollak lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Czech-French family including Léon Pollak, a merchant in Paris, and his son Joseph Pollak, a painter. A lineage typical of Ashkenazi immigration from Central Europe to France in the late 19th century, integrated into the Parisian Pletzl.
Geographic origin: Bohême / Paris
Memory register · custodian, not owner
A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Pollak lineage has not yet been written.
Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.
Web research
Claude explores external sources (encyclopaedias, academic databases, digital archives).
Writing
Outline, chapters, bibliography — every page is sourced. Live streaming.
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In the meantime
Lineage Map
This book tells the story of the Pollak. Your own family may also have its Great Book — search your name to discover it, or to bring it to life.
To explore more deeply the memory, family archives, and testimonies of the lineage Pollak, remember and share its dedicated address:
zakhor.ai/pollakThe address zakhor.ai/pollak leads directly to this page. The archives, genealogy, and accounts that the community deposits there will complement the historical portrait presented here.
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Link
https://zakhor.ai/pollakHTML
<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/pollak">Pollak — Zakhor</a>Citation
Pollak — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/pollakVariants of the name (4)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
PolakPoliakPollackPolyak
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Notable figures
- 1.
Léon Pollak
Négociant
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Pollak.
Search “Pollak” on Yad VashemThe search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more
Works & texts (11)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
litteraire1988
Unquenchable Fire
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (1988)
litteraire1989
Burning Sky
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (1989)
litteraire1994
Temporary Agency
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (1994)
litteraire1996
Godmother Night
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (1996)
litteraire1997
Time Breakers
Rachel Pollack
Bande dessinée de science-fiction scénarisée par Rachel Pollack (1997).
litteraire2013
The Queen of Eyes
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (2013)
litteraire2015
Johnny Rev
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack (2015)
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The Child Eater
Rachel Pollack
Roman de Rachel Pollack
The Fissure King
Rachel Pollack
Écrit de Rachel Pollack.
Golden Vanity
Rachel Pollack
Écrit de Rachel Pollack.
Alqua Dreams
Rachel Pollack
Écrit de Rachel Pollack.
Notable figures of the lineage
Diaspora regions
BohêmeFrance
The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Pollak give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day
Bibliography
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#Pletzl#immigration#Bohême