"All residents of the Jewish community of Lesko, Poland, are transported to Zaslaw, Poland, and executed."
"Leaders of the Jewish community from Balti, Romania, await their execution at the hands of the German conquerors. Standing from left to right are Summer Zitterman, Iosif Broitman, Bernard Walter, Sacha Diagot, Aizic Schächtman, Schmerl Schoihat, Burach Blank, Suchar Roitman, Simon Grünberg, Cripps, Leibia Galavata, and Iankel Tenenboim."
"Jacob Gens, leader of Vilna (Lithuania) Ghetto's Jewish Council, ruled his community with almost dictatorial power.
Derisively called "King Jacob the First," Gens decided who would live and who would die. "Convinced he could save Jews by demonstrating their value to the German economy, he selected those capable of "productive" labor and surrendered to the Nazis those who were "unproductive."
During the 1941 Einsatzgruppen roundups, Gens personally inspected each Jew's work permit.
Those too old, too weak, and too ill to work, or not in possession of the prized "yellow card" were delivered by Gens to the SS, who executed them.
"When reproached by Jewish religious leaders for his tactics, Gens defended his philosophy:
'When they ask me for a thousand Jews, I hand them over. With the thousand, I save ten thousand.'
"The Gestapo shot Gens in 1943, just days before liquidating the ghetto."