A Study of Sacha Zaliouk

Timeline of Sacha’s life

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  • 1887

    27th December: Sacha’s future wife, Berthe Faige Lerner, is born in the 11th Arrondissement of Paris.

    31st December: Sacha is born in Radomyshl, Ukraine.

  • 1910

    According to Sacha, he leaves Odessa for Paris.

  • 1912

    According to Sacha, he stays with Kalinine and studies under Raphaël Colin.

  • 1914

    16th March: Sacha marries Berthe Faeige Lerner (here, on page 27 – Acte 604 – Zaliouk Lerner).

    1 August: Germany declares war on Russia and France.

  • 1916

    6th January: Sacha arrives at the Corps. His record states ‘Contre l’Allemagne…Interieur’ – Against Germany, interior until 22nd September 1917.

    15th April: Paulette Sèverine Zaliouk, Sacha and Berthe’s daughter, is born (birth certificate – page 10, Acte 769) at 59 Avenue de la Republique.

    Of this year, Sacha writes: “Death still dances!…”

  • 1917

    11th April: On subsistence (duty) with the 87th R.A.E.

    21st September: Sacha becomes a Corporal.

    22nd September: His military record then says he is a Sergeant.

    23rd September: With the 115th R.A.E. At this point his record states ‘En Orient du 23 septembre 1917 au 27 mars 1919’ – in the East from 23rd September 1917 until 27th March 1919.

    Of this year, Sacha writes: “A change: I leave for the Orient [or, the East] ; 22 months between Thessaloniki and the Romanian border … malaria… fevers…”

    L’Univers israélite later wrote that Sacha ‘joined the French army and was sent to Macedonia’.

  • 1919

    27th March: His record implies his time in the East ended here.

    28th May: Sacha is discharged from the military.

    Of this year, Sacha writes: “Return to France. Vive la France ! I am French and demobilised…”

  • 1925

    12th February: La Horde du Montparnasse, the artistic group, is founded by M. E Fernand-Dubois. Sacha is one of the founding members. The group hosts parties and a type of market where artists can sell their work.

    30th May: Sacha and Berthe’s daughter Paulette dies, aged 9, at 59 Avenue de la République. (Certificate, page 9, Acte 1650).

  • 1939

    1st September: Germany invades Poland.

    3rd September: Britain and France declare war on Germany.

    Sacha’s life at this point becomes difficult to track.

  • 1964

    27th September: Berthe passes away. She is buried with her family at the Pere-Lachaise plot, where Pauline was also buried

  • 1971

    13th March: Sacha passes away at the age of 83, and is buried with his wife, daughter, and the Lerner family at the same plot.