Levi Zamuel Bernhardovich (1947)

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

Zamuel Levi was born to an engineer, Bernhard Samuilovich Levi (1916, Moscow), and a worker, Khaya Srolevna Levi (née Kulmas) (1911, Grīva, Latvia). While working full-time he completed the Riga Construction Technical College (1961–1965), and later the Kaliningrad Technical Institute of the Fishing Industry (1976). He worked as a plumbing fitter for the “Latsantekhmontaž” trust of the Latvian SSR Ministry of Construction (1964–1965); then as draughtsman, senior draughtsman, design technician and engineer at the “Latgiproprom” design institute (1965–1969). From 1969 to 1977 he was a leading design engineer, head of sector, and chief project designer at the Central Design and Engineering Technical Bureau of the “Gauja” Scientific Production Association under the Ministry of the Woodworking Industry.

In 1977 Zamuel Levi received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his aunt (his mother’s sister), Gita Srolevna Lapidot (née Kulmas) (1910, Grīva), had lived since 1934.

Family:

— Bernhard Samuilovich Levi (1916) — father
— Khaya Srolevna Levi (née Kulmas) (1911) — mother
— Rosa Bernhardovna Levi (1945) — sister
— Maksis Bernhardovich Levi (1947) — twin brother
— Gita Srolevna Lapidot (née Kulmas) (1910) — aunt