Jakub Lejkin reporting to the commandant Szeryński, May 1941

Jakub Lejkin (1906 – 29 October 1942)[1] was a Polish lawyer, deputy commander[2] subordinate to the Germans at the Warsaw Ghetto. He was the administrator from May to July 1942 (after the temporary arrest by the Gestapo of Józef Szeryński). Lejkin played a leading role in the deportation of local Jews to extermination camps. The Germans nicknamed him “little Napoleon” and adored his brutality.[3]

His father was a wealthy tradesman. Lejkin graduated from the Polish military school in Jarocin.[4] Before the war, he worked as a lawyer in Warsaw.

The grave of Lejkin

On 29 October 1942, at 18:10, he died as a result of the execution carried out by the Jewish Combat Organization.[5] Lejkin was shot in broad daylight on Gęsia Street in Warsaw by the Jewish resistance fighter Eliasz Różański.[6][7] His route was tracked down earlier by other resistance soldiers, Emilia Landau and Israel Gutman. Lejkin was buried in the Warsaw Jewish cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Grynberg, Michal (1 November 2003). Words to Outlive Us: Eyewitness Accounts from the Warsaw Ghetto. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 9781466804340.
  2. ↑ "January 22: The Warsaw Ghetto Underground". Jewish Currents. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Apfelbaum, Marian (2007). Two Flags: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. ISBN 9789652293565.
  4. ↑ Meteoryt.pl. "Getto Warszawskie". warszawa.getto.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Kerenji, Emil (10 October 2014). Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1942–1943 (in Arabic). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442236271.
  6. ↑ Apfelbaum, Marian (2007). Two Flags: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. ISBN 9789652293565.
  7. ↑ Strzembosz, Tomasz (1978). Akcje zbrojne podziemnej Warszawy 1939-1944 (in Polish). Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. ISBN 9788306007176.
  8. ↑ "Wirtualny Cmentarz". cemetery.jewish.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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