Jakob Edelstein

Jakob Edelstein
Jewish elder of the Theresienstadt Ghetto
In office 4 December 1941 – January 1943
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Paul Eppstein
Personal details
Born	Jakob Edelstein 25 July 1903 Horodenka, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
Died	20 June 1944(1944-06-20) (aged 40) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Nationality	Czechoslovak
Spouse	Miriam Olinerova ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 1944)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Motl Edelstein Mattil Edelstein
Residence(s)	Prague I, Waldhauserova 12
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Jakob Edelstein (also written as Yacov, Yaakov, Jakub Edelstein or Edlstein; 25 July 1903 – 20 June 1944) was a Czechoslovak Zionist, social democrat and the first Jewish Elder in the Theresienstadt ghetto. He was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau.