Chronology of יהודים YEHUDIM collaborating.

The Gestapo killed יעקב גנס YAʾAKOV GENS, head of the Vilna ghetto.

י״ד באלול ה׳תש״ג 14th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5703Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

י״ד באלול ה׳תש״ג 14th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5703: The Gestapo killed יעקב גנס YAʾAKOV GENS, head of the Vilna ghetto. His policy of preserving the community through labor had included surrendering some people to protect others; it secured no lasting protection from the Nazis.9

Footnotes

  1. Yad Vashem. Gens, Jacob. Shoah Resource Center. Yad Vashem, Gens, Jacob. ↩