Jakob Lehnsherr was the father of Magneto.
Biography[]
X-Men and X-Men: First Class[]
At the Auschwitz concentration camp, Jakob and his wife Edie were separated from their son. Edie was killed by Sebastian Shaw, and Jakob died either sometime before or after his wife. From the prologue of X-Men, it can be assumed that Jakob died in one of Auschwitz's crematoriums.
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Family[]
- Edie Lehnsherr † - Wife
- Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto - Son
- Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver - Grandson
- Nina Gurzsky † - Granddaughter
