Levi Maksis Bernhardovich (1947)

Levi (Lewy) Maksis Bernhardovich (8 January 1947, Riga) — design engineer.

Maksis Levi was born to engineer Berngard Samuilovich Levi (1916, Moscow) and factory worker Khaya Srolevna Levi (née Kulmas) (1911, Griva, Latvia). He completed the Riga Construction Technical School while working full-time (1961–1965), then graduated from the Kaliningrad Technical Institute of the Fish Industry (1976). He worked as a plumbing fitter in the “Latsantekhmontazh’’ trust of the Latvian SSR Ministry of Construction (1964–1965); as a draughtsman, design technician and engineer at the Latgiproprom design institute (1965–1968); as an engineer and senior engineer at the Central Design and Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Electrotechnical Industry of the USSR (1968–1969); as a senior engineer at Latgiproprom (1969–1976); and as a group leader at the Latkommunproyekt institute (1976–1978).

In his marriage to Irina Natanovna Levi (née Sokolovskaya) (1948, Moscow), there were no children.

In 1978 Maksis Levi received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1977 his parents — Berngard Samuilovich Levi (1916) and Khaya Srolevna Levi (née Kulmas) (1911) — as well as his twin brother, Zamuel Bernhardovich Levi (1947, Riga), had been living. Later he moved to the United States.

Family:

— Berngard Samuilovich Levi (1916) — father
— Khaya Srolevna Levi (née Kulmas) (1911) — mother
— Rosa Bernhardovna Levi (1945, Riga) — sister
— Zamuel Bernhardovich Levi (1947) — twin brother
— Irina Natanovna Levi (née Sokolovskaya) (1948) — wife