Jakub Lejkin

Jakub Lejkin (born 1906, died October 29, 1942 in Warsaw)[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]

Jakub Lejkin reporting to the commandant Szeryński, May 1941

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

Jakub Lejkin was buried in the Warsaw Jewish cemetery.[8]

References
  1. Grynberg, Michal (2003-11-01). 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. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  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). Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. Kerenji, Emil (2014-10-10). 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 2018-02-15.
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