Jekabs Kulis

Jekabs Kulis

Jekabs Kulis was a sergeant in (most probably) the Latvian police brigade which became part of the Nazi SS during the Second World War. He is known to have helped a 5 year old boy named Alex Kurzem escape a Nazi death squad, by providing a false identity. Jekabs knew that Alex was Jewish, but declared him to be a Russian orphan. The reason for this decision is unclear.

ee also

* Latvian Waffen SS Volunteer Legion
* Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6945847.stm BBC Report on Alex Kurzem]


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