Jakub Lapides
Jakub Lapides (M / Poland, 1928-2005), Holocaust survivor
Biography
Jakub Lapides was born on November 15, 1928. He had three siblings. When both of his parents died before the war, all four children were placed in orphanages ... When the orphanage in the Lodz Ghetto was liquidated in Sept 1942, only Jakub was able to survive, hiding in the local cemetery ... Jakub was able to find a job in the leather and saddlery workshop and later in the sausage making factory. He joined the Communist youth group. In March 1944, Jakub was deported to the HASAG slave labor camp in Czestochowa. He was liberated in January 1945 ... After the war, Jakub returned to Lodz and at first worked for a bakery just to make sure that he would never be hungry. Later, he finished high school. After graduate studies, he became an engineer. Jakub married a fellow survivor. They had two sons and in 1957 they immigrated to Israel. Jakub Lapides died in 2005.