Basner Guta Yekabovna (1949)

Basner Guta Yekabovna (b. 13.01.1949, Riga) – trade worker.

Guta Basner was born into the family of Jakob (Yakov) Basner (b. 1927, Riga) and Doba Basner (née Taits) (b. 1925, Daugavpils).

Education and Career

  • 1965–1966 – Worked as a gluer at the "Primais Mais" factory.

  • 1968 – Graduated from the Republican College of Soviet Trade with a qualification as a technician-technologist.

  • 1967–1968 – Cook at the "Korso" restaurant in Jūrmala and at Canteen No. 52 in Proletarsky District, Riga.

  • 1968–1969 – Buffet worker at the 2nd Self-Financing Enterprise of Proletarsky Public Catering.

  • 1969–1970 – Worked at the Home-Based Work Cooperative in Riga.

  • 1971–1973 – Shooting range instructor at the Moscow DOSAAF Committee.

  • 1971 – Buffet worker at the Trade Administration.

  • 1971–1978 – Managed branches of Stores No. 91 and No. 102.

  • 1978 – Cleaner at the "Liga" Production Association.

Legal Issues and Emigration

In January 1979 Guta Basner was convicted by the Supreme Court of the Latvian SSR under Article 88, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR and sentenced to three years of imprisonment. She served her sentence in a labour correctional camp in Riga. In 1980 she was pardoned and started work as a labourer in the transport department of the Riga Building Materials Production Association.

Family and Emigration

Guta Basner was married to Mark Fleishman (b. 1942, Kara-Balta, Frunze Region, Kyrgyz SSR).

They had two sons: Leonid Fleishman (b. 1969, Riga) and Dan Fleishman (b. 1981, Riga).

In 1981,Guta Basner and her family received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family Members

  • [[en:people:basner_jakob|Jakob (Yakov) Basner]] (b. 1927, Riga) – father

  • [[en:people:basner_doba|Doba Basner]] (née Taits) (b. 1925, Daugavpils) – mother

  • [[en:people:karpukh_elizaveta|Elizabeta Karpukh (née Basner)]] (b. 1952, Riga) – sister

  • [[en:people:fleishman_mark|Mark Fleishman]] (b. 1942, Kara-Balta, Kyrgyz SSR) – husband

  • Leonid Fleishman (b. 1969, Riga) – son

  • Dan Fleishman (b. 1981, Riga) – son