Žanis Lipke

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Birth Date:
01.02.1900
Death date:
14.05.1987
Length of life:
87
Days since birth:
45382
Years since birth:
124
Days since death:
13504
Years since death:
36
Person's maiden name:
Jānis (Žanis) Lipke
Extra names:
Žanis Lipke, Жанис Липке, Jānis, Липке, Jānis Янис
Categories:
Dissident, Independece fighter, Worker, laborer
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Rīgas 2. Meža kapi (Braslas kapi)

 

Jānis (Žanis) Lipke (1 February 1900, Jelgava - 14 May 1987, Riga) was a Latvian rescuer of Jews in Riga during World War II.

Lipke, a dock worker in the port of Riga, 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 until the arrival of the Red Army in October 1944. 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 he died in 1987, the Jews of Riga arranged his funeral, and he is honoured as one of the Righteous among the Nations.

On 4 July 2007, the day of remembrance of the victims of genocide against the Jewish nation, a monument commemorating those, and in particular Jānis Lipke, who saved Latvian Jews was unveiled at Riga's Great Choral Synagogue.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relations

        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Zigfrīds LipkeZigfrīds LipkeSon29.06.193311.09.1994
        2Alfrēds LipkeAlfrēds LipkeSon08.11.192400.00.2008
        3Aina OvečkinaAina OvečkinaDaughter00.00.192100.00.1947
        4
        Nikolajs LipkeBrother02.09.190211.10.1965
        5Johanna LipkeJohanna LipkeWife26.09.190418.11.1990
        6
        Viesturs LipkeGrandson22.01.195828.08.2013

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