Leyb Gorfinkel (March 14, 1896 – September 7, 1976; also known as Leib Garfunkel and Levas Garfunkelis in Lithuanian) was an advocate, journalist, and politician.
[1] Gorfinkel was also a member of the presidium and then as vice chair of the Jewish National Council of Lithuania during this time.
[1] Gorfinkel was a member of the Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) between 1923 and 1927, where he represented the Socialist Zionists and Tze'irei Zion.
[1] He was an organizer of the Society to Aid Jewish Refugees from Poland in 1940; he was also arrested by the USSR in June of that same year.
[1][2] Due to suspicion that he was engaging in "underground activity", Gorfinkel was arrested and tortured in April 1944.