Leitman David Mendelievich (1910-1986)

Leitman (Leitmann) David Mendelievich (May 27, 1910, Riga — 1986, Riga) — worker.

David Leitman was born into the family of Mendel Leitman (1870, Liepāja — 1919) and Asne Leitman (1874, Jaunjelgava — 1941 (?)).

In 1922 he completed six grades of primary school. From 1928 to 1932 he worked as a lumber grader at the Riga timber warehouse on Kalnciema Street. In 1932–33 he served in the Latvian Army. From 1933 to 1941 he worked as a lumber grader at the firm “Britnan-Baltic.”

In 1941 he was drafted into the Soviet Army and was demobilized in 1945.

From 1946 to 1950 he worked as a grader at the “Shakhto-Les” enterprise of the Ministry of the Coal Industry of the Latvian SSR. From 1950 to 1954 he was a paper cutter at the Riga Paper Goods Plant. From 1954 to 1960 — a worker in the cardboard workshop of the “Pionieris” factory. From 1960 to 1966 — a paper cutter at the “Latvijas Papīrs” plant. In 1967–68 — a worker at the Riga Electrical Installation Plant. In 1968–69 — a paper cutter at Riga Printing House No. 6.

In his marriage to Gesya Leitman (1914, Riga — 1986, Riga) (later dissolved) a son was born, Mendel Leitman (1947, Riga).

David Leitman’s mother perished in the Holocaust.

He was awarded the medals “For Courage,” “For the Defense of Moscow,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45,” and “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45.”

In 1969 David Leitman petitioned for permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sisters and brother lived: Brajne Reikh (née Leitman) (1906, Riga), Ita Leitman (1916, Riga), and Osher Leitman (1908, Riga).

Family:

Gesya Leitman (1914, Riga — 1986, Riga) — wife\\

Mendel Leitman (1947, Riga) — son
Mendel Leitman (1870, Liepāja — 1919) — father
Asne Leitman (1874, Jaunjelgava — 1941 (?)) — mother
Brajne Reikh (née Leitman) (1906, Riga) — sister
Ita Leitman (1916, Riga) — sister
Osher Leitman (1908, Riga) — brother