Basin Lev Naumovich (1907)

Basin Lev Naumovich (b. 21.01.1907, Gomel) – shoemaker.

Career

  • 1924–1928 – Worked in private shoe workshops in Gomel.

  • 1928–1935 – Worked at the "Proletary" shoe artel and the "Trud" shoe factory in Gomel.

  • 1935–1938 – After changing several jobs, became a teacher at the Gomel Boarding School for the Deaf.

In 1941–1945 Lev Basin served in the Soviet Army during World War II, fighting in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.

After the war Lev Basin returned to work as a teacher at the same boarding school.

In 1947 he moved to Riga, working at Shoe Factory No. 1 until 1958. From 1958 to 1964 he worked as a shoe sorter at the “Record” factory and from 1965 until his retirement in 1970 he worked as a loader-expeditor at the “Kosmos” company.

Military Awards

  • Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

Family and Emigration

His brothers, Boris Basin (1905–1941) and Israel Basin (1909–1942), were killed on the front lines during World War II.

His daughter, Esfir Schneider (née Basina) (b. 1934), emigrated to the USA in 1973.

Family Members

  • [[en:people:basin_khaya|Khaya Basin]] (née Michelson) (b. 1908) – wife

  • Esfir Schneider (née Basina) (b. 1934) – daughter

  • Eliza Elkind (née Basina) (b. 1932) – daughter

  • Naum Basin (1879–1967) – father

  • Chaya-Mera Basin (née Kruglikova) (1884–1942) – mother

  • Boris Basin (1905–1941) – brother

  • Israel Basin (1909–1942) – brother

  • Naum Basin (1911–1968) – brother

  • Sonya Furman (née Basina) (b. 1914) – sister

  • Motya Rybnik (née Basina) (b. 1920) – sister