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Vilna Pays Tribute to Jewish Revolutionary

October 10, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The memory of Hirsch Lekert, one of the Jewish champions against the Czaristic regime in Poland, was honored by the City Council of Vilna through a decision adopted yesterday.

The Council decided to rename Skladowa Street, Hirsh Lekert Street. Hirsh Lekert shot the Czarist governor general of Vilna, von Wall.

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