Gamarnik Boris Isaevich (1924)

Gamarnik Boris Isaevich (8 November 1924, Sterlitsa, Monastyrshchinsky District, Cherkasy Region) – economist.

Boris Gamarnik was born into the family of Shaia Gershkovich Gamarnik (b. 1881, Lukashivka village, Cherkasy Region – murdered by the Nazis in 1942, Simferopol, Crimean Region, Ukraine) and Braina Abramovna Gamarnik (née Arbitman) (b. 1883, Ternytsia, Vinnytsia Region – murdered by the Nazis in 1942, Simferopol).

He graduated from Simferopol Secondary School No. 10 in 1941, after which he was evacuated to the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, where he worked on the local kolkhoz “Gnadenburg” (1941–1942). He served in theSecond World War on the North Caucasian, 1st Belorussian, and 2nd Baltic fronts, and in the Separate Coastal Army (1941–1945). He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal for Battle Merit, and the Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945. He was demobilised in 1946.

After moving to Riga, Boris Gamarnik worked as a shop floor manager, then as a shop manager at the Kalvis Artel (1946–1947), followed by managerial positions at shops under the ORS of the Latdrev Trust (1947–1949), and as manager of shops Nos. 15 and 56 of the Riga City Industrial Trade Authority (1949–1964). From 1964 to 1980, he served as head of the trade department and deputy manager of the Soyuzinventar base (later renamed Soyuztorgoborudovanie).

He was married to Gamarnik (née Hertzbach) Liubov Isaakovna (b. 1929, Jelgava). They had a son, Gamarnik Isaak Borisovich (b. 1947, Riga), and a daughter, Bobrova (née Gamarnik) Bronya Borisovna (b. 1952, Riga).

In 1980, Boris Gamarnik received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sister Tulchinskaya (née Gamarnik) Roza Isaevna (b. 1911, Monastyrshchinsky District, Cherkasy Region) and his son Gamarnik Isaak Borisovich (b. 1947, Riga) had been living since 1979.

Family:

Gamarnik Shaia Gershkovich (1881–1942) – father
Gamarnik (née Arbitman) Braïna Abramovna (1883–1942) – mother
Gamarnik Isaak Shaevich (b. 1906, Lukashivka – killed in action in 1942 during the Great Patriotic War) – brother
Gamarnik Solomon Isaevich (b. 1914, Monastyrshchinsky District) – brother
Gamarnik Mikhail Isaevich (b. 1916, Monastyrshchinsky District) – brother
Tulchinskaya (née Gamarnik) Roza Isaevna (b. 1911) – sister
Gamarnik (née Hertzbach) Liubov Isaakovna (b. 1929) – wife
Gamarnik Isaak Borisovich (b. 1947) – son
Bobrova (née Gamarnik) Bronya Borisovna (b. 1952) – daughter