Kaganas Emanuelis ( 1921–?) was born in Vilnius (his father’s name was Leiba Kaganas). From 1931 to 1939, he studied at the State Gymnasium named after Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius. In 1940, Kaganas applied to study at the Agricultural Academy but was not accepted. In 1940, he entered the Medical Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Stefan Batory University. Later that year, Kaganas applied to study at the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Law and was accepted. However, it was not possible for him to complete his studies because, on 19 September 1941, he was expelled from the university on the basis of the Order of 17 September 1941 of the Department of Higher Education of the Board of Education, which was subordinate to the National Socialists. No further information on the fate of Emanuelis Kaganas is known.