position as the rector due to anti-Semitic incidents at the university, in protest over the introduction of the ghetto benches system. He was a member of many scientific societies, such as the Lviv, Warsaw and Vilnius Medical Associations. He has served as president in some of them. He was one of the editors of the Ginekologia Polska (Polish Gynaecology) journal in the years 1924-1925 and has authored numerous scientific publications. After the German and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Vilnius was occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union. Around 25 September 1939 Jakowicki was arrested by the NKVD and transferred from Vilnius to a prison in Minsk. He was sentenced for 10 years. It is presumed that he died somewhere in the Soviet Union around 1940 to 1942; exact location and circumstances of his death are unknown. Tomas Venclova wrote that he "vanished without a trace". He was one of the nineteen Polish faculty from the Stefan Batory University arrested by the Soviets and one of their nine fatalities (see Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)). Notes References Polski Słownik Biograficzny T.X, 1962. 1885 births 1940s deaths Military personnel from Vitebsk People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Polish Army officers Polish legionnaires (World War I) Polish military doctors Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Academic staff of Vilnius University Polish expatriates in the Soviet Union Polish deportees to Soviet Union Polish people who died in Soviet detention Polish people detained by the NKVD Polish obstetricians and gynaecologists