Basner Jakob Leizerovich (1927)

Basner Jakob (Yakov) Leizerovich (b. 8.12.1927, Riga) – shoe preparer.

In 1941, Jakob Basner was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto and later sent to forced labour in Germany.

After liberation, he returned to Riga, where he worked as a supervisor at the Riga Directorate of the Radio Broadcasting Network (1946–1952).

In 1951 he graduated from Riga School for Working Youth No. 8

From 1951 to 1963 Jakob Basner was a shoe preparer and shoemaker at the “Spars” combine. In February 1963 he was convicted by the Supreme Court of the Latvian SSR under Articles 17 and 88 of the Criminal Code and sent to a labour camp. In February 1964 he was released.

From 1964 to 1975 Jakob Basner was a shoe preparer at the “Blazma” combine (later “1st May” factory). In 1972–1977 – shoe preparer at the Riga District Consumer Servises Combine, 1977–1979 – shoe preparer at the Individual Tailoring Combine, in 1979 – shoe stitcher at “Rīgas Modes” enterprise.

During the Nazi occupation of Latvia, Jakob Basner’s parents, brother, and sister were killed:

  • Leizer Basner (1905, Kuibyshev – 1944) – father

  • Guta Basner (née Glezer) (1902, Riga – 1941, Riga) – mother

  • Abe Basner (1934, Riga – 1941, Riga) – brother

  • Tsilya Basner (1934, Riga – 1941, Riga) – sister

Jakob Basner was married to Doba Basner (née Taits) (b. 1925, Daugavpils), they had two daughters: Guta Basner * (b. 1949) and Elizabeta Karpukh (née Basner) (b. 1952, Riga).

In 1979, Jakob Basner received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, David Jakobson (b. 1936, Riga), who had left Latvia in 1974.

Family Members

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

  • [[en:people:basner_guta|Guta Basner]] (b. 1949) – daughter

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

  • David Jakobson (b. 1936, Riga) – cousin