Jakub Lejkin Explained

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.

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]

Notes and References

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Book: Apfelbaum, Marian. Two Flags: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto. 2007. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. 9789652293565. en.
Web site: Getto Warszawskie. Meteoryt.pl. warszawa.getto.pl. pl. 27 March 2018. 27 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084415/http://warszawa.getto.pl/index.php?mod=view_record&rid=02011904004446000041&tid=osoby. dead.
Book: Kerenji, Emil. Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1942–1943. 10 October 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442236271. ar.
Book: Apfelbaum, Marian. Two Flags: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto. 2007. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. 9789652293565. en.
Book: Strzembosz, Tomasz. Akcje zbrojne podziemnej Warszawy 1939-1944. 1978. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. 9788306007176. pl.
Web site: Wirtualny Cmentarz. cemetery.jewish.org.pl. pl. 15 February 2018.