Jakub Lejkin

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]

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 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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