 Jānis Lipke

Jānis Lipke (also Žanis and Jan Lipke; 1 February 1900, Jelgava – 14 May 1987, Riga) was a Latvian rescuer of Jews in Riga in World War II from the Holocaust in Latvia.Lipke, a dock worker in the port of Riga, was determined to help save Latvian Jews from capture by the Nazis after witnessing actions against them in the streets.