Zeev Shek, (born May 13, 1920;[1] died October 2, 1978, Rome,[2][3]), a Holocaust survivor, was an Israeli diplomat.
[5] Shek met his wife, Alisa Ehrmann-Shek, in Prague as part of the Zionist youth movement and both were deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
[5] He was determined to document the events in the ghetto and before he left for Auschwitz, made sure his wife carried on his mission.
While serving as Ambassador to Italy, Shek died of a heart attack in Rome in 1978, at the age of 58.
[5] Before serving as Ambassador to Italy, Shek was the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry's Western European division so he had "overseen Israel's protracted negotiations for treaty status with the European community.