Zemach Shabad
Zemach Shabad was a Jewish doctor and social and political activist. He was a member of the Senate of the Second Polish Republic and a co-founder and vice-president of the YIVO.
In 1932 Shabad toured to Palestine with Dr. Abel Lapin from Kaunas. During his trip, Dr. Shabad hosted by the Health Committee of the Knesset and the Jerusalem Medical Association.
He was one of the originators of the volkist movement, which eventually turned into the Folkspartei.
In 2007, Zemach Shabad was honored with a monument in Vilnius, reflecting the fact that he was the prototype of Doctor Aybolit, a good doctor from a poem for children by Korney Chukovsky.Family
