Krieger Rudolf Morisovich (1913)

Krieger Rudolf Morisovich (b. 30 January 1913, Riga) — engineer.

In 1926, Rudolf Krieger graduated from Riga’s 10th City German Elementary School, and in 1928, from the Hermann Secondary School in Riga. From 1930 to 1932, he studied at the Faculty of Economics in London. Between 1933 and 1940, he worked as an export agent for raw leather materials at the firm “Moritz Krieger” in Riga. From 1940 to 1941, he was a merchandiser at the Riga branch of the “Raznoexport” association.

From 1941 to 1956, he was in exile in Kansks, where he worked as a senior labour rate setter and engineer in the Siberian Construction and Installation Administration. From 1956 to 1974, he served as a building superintendent, engineer, and later chief engineer in the Housing Administrations of the Kirov and Moskovsky Districts of Riga. Retired in 1974.

On June 13, 1941, he was arrested and deported from Latvia. In 1942, he was convicted and sentenced by the Special Council to five years of imprisonment. Released in 1945. In 1955, he was rehabilitated by a ruling of the Molotov Regional Court due to lack of evidence of a crime.

Rudolf Krieger was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin.” In 1980, he received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Married to Anna Vashkevich (b. 1925, Krasnoyarsk Krai – d. 1980, Riga). Their daughter, Irina Klemptner (née Krieger), was born in 1954 in Kansks.

Father — Moritz Krieger (1883, Riga – 1933, Riga).

Mother — Anna Krieger (née Markuze) (1890, Liepaja – 1942, Riga).

Sister — Irina Mintz (née Krieger) (1911, Riga – 1942, Riga).