Joseph Harmatz, Who Led Jewish Plot to Kill Germans After World War II, Dies at 91 Harmatz, a survivor of the Vilnius ghetto in Lithuania, was the leader of a group that poisoned 2,200 imprisoned Germans by lacing their bread with arsenic. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Fact Check: Fact Check: Trump’s Criticism of U.K.’s National Health ServiceFrom Oil to Solar: Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to RenewablesNo Suspects in Killing of Eccentric American, a Kenyan Wildlife ExpertKenya’s Government Returns Some TV Stations to the AirVideos of Syrian Militia Abusing Kurdish Fighter’s Corpse Stir OutrageMany Say He’s the Least Qualified Lawyer Ever to Lead a Guantánamo Case. He Agrees.