Davidovich Sergey (1906-1940)

Davidovich (Davidowitsch) Sergey (b. 21 November 1906, Sabile – after 1940) — lawyer.

Sergey Davidovich was born in the town of Sabile to a physician's family. Father: Moritz Davidovich; mother: Amalia (née Khoziasone). Later lived in St. Petersburg. From 1915, studied at Petrograd’s 12th Gymnasium, which he completed in 1918.

In autumn 1918, he returned to Latvia and resided in Sabile. In 1920, he enrolled at the First Men’s Secondary School of the Russian Teachers’ Society in Riga. After graduating in 1924, he began studying economics at the University of Latvia, later switching to law in 1929, which he completed in 1931. From 1931 to 1934, he pursued studies in philosophy.

Professionally, he worked in the law office of sworn attorney E. Valter-Vitenheim, and later in the office of L. Reichel in Riga. He eventually moved back to Sabile. He was a co-founder of the student society Unitas, a representative of the Sabile district for the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet), and a member of the Jewish Lawyers’ Society.

During the Soviet occupation, beginning 7 August 1940, he served as assistant to sworn attorney L. Reichel in Sabile, and from February 1941, also in Talsi.

His fate after that time is unknown.