1943
Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)
Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)
Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)
Jacob Gens
Jewish head of the Vilnius Ghetto (1903–1943)
- Died
- 1943
Jacob Gens was the head of the Judenrat and Jewish Ghetto Police of the Vilna Ghetto. Originally from a merchant family, he joined the Lithuanian Army shortly after the independence of Lithuania, rising to the rank of captain while also securing a college degree in law and economics. He married a non-Jew and worked several jobs as a teacher, accountant, and administrator.