# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-gens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:06.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-gens"
name: "Jacob Gens"
slug: "jacob-gens"
description: "Jacob Gens was the head of the Judenrat and Jewish Ghetto Police of the Vilna Ghetto. Originally from a merchant family, he joined the Lithuanian Army shortly after the independence of Lithuania, rising to the rank of captain while also securing a college degree in law and economics. He married a non-Jew and worked several jobs as a teacher, accountant, and administrator."
tagline: "Head of the Vilnius Ghetto (1903-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ghetto_jacob_gens_selbstmordversuch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1903-04-01"
deathDate: "1943-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.567857333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "יעקבֿ גאַנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gens"
    title: "Jacob Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gens"
    title: "Jacob Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gens"
    title: "Jacob Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gens"
    title: "Jacob Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gens"
    title: "Jacob Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "יעקב גנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakovas_Gensas"
    title: "Jakovas Gensas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Gens"
    title: "Jakub Gens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Генс, Якоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q480461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump