Jānis Lipke
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Jānis Lipke | |
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| Born | (1900年02月01日)1 February 1900 |
| Died | 14 May 1987(1987年05月14日) (aged 87) |
| Resting place | Forest Cemetery, Riga |
| Other names | Žanis Lipke |
| Occupation | Dock worker |
| Known for | Saving Jews during the Holocaust |
| Spouse | Johana Lipke |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Righteous Among the Nations |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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| By country |
Jānis Lipke (also Žanis and Jan Lipke; 1 February 1900, Mitau – 14 May 1987, Riga) was a Latvian rescuer of Jews in Riga in World War II from the Holocaust in Latvia.
Lipke, a dock worker in the port of Riga, was determined to help save Latvian Jews from capture by the Nazis after witnessing actions against them in the streets. He retrained in order to become a contractor for the Luftwaffe, and then used his position to smuggle Jewish workers out of the Riga ghetto and camps in and around Riga, whom he concealed with the aid of his wife Johanna until the arrival of the Red Army in October 1944.[1] The Lipkes and their various helpers saved forty people in this way, one-fifth of the approximately 200 Jews who survived the war in Latvia.
When Lipke died in 1987, the Jews of Riga arranged his funeral.
Honors
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Yad Vashem honored Lipke and his wife as Righteous Among the Nations on 28 June 1966.[2]
On 4 July 2007, the day of remembrance of the victims of genocide against the Jewish nation, a monument commemorating those who saved Latvian Jews, in particular Lipke, was unveiled at Riga's Great Choral Synagogue.[3]
The Žanis Lipke Memorial is located on the island of Ķīpsala in Riga, at 9 Mazais Balasta dambis. It was built next to Lipke's home, where he had arranged a shelter for rescued Jews.
The 2018 Latvian film The Mover portrays the efforts of Lipke and his wife to rescue Jews.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "The Lipke family | Žaņa Lipkes memoriāls". Žanis Lipke Memorial. Archived from the original on 2019年04月26日. Retrieved 2019年04月26日.
- ^ "Jan and Johana Lipke". Yad Vashem.
- ^ Latvia's History: Education, Remembrance, Research
- ^ Rich Tenorio (20 August 2019). "Blue-collar Latvian 'Schindler' saved dozens with few resources of his own". The Times of Israel .
External links
[edit ]- Jan and Johana Lipke at the Yad Vashem website
- Saviours of Jews in Latvia at the Wayback Machine (archived January 8, 2007)
- Rescued by Righteous Among the Nations: Izak Drizin's testimony. Yad Vashem.
- Rescued by Righteous Among the Nations: Grigoriy Arensburg's testimony. Yad Vashem.
- 1980 photograph of Lipke in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum