Levin Osher Rafaelovich (1908)

Levin (Lewin) Osher (Oscher) Rafaelovich (1 November 1908, Riga) — lawyer.

In 1916–26 Osher Levin studied at the State Classical Gymnasium. A Master of Law, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia in 1932. In 1926–32 he gave private lessons in Riga. In 1932–33 he served in the 6th Riga Infantry Regiment of the Latvian Army. In 1933–39 he worked as secretary-assistant to the sworn advocate Bode in Riga.

In 1939–40 he was legal adviser to several Riga textile enterprises. In 1941 he served as legal adviser to production cooperatives. In May 1941 he took the position of production manager at the Riga Sewing and Leather Goods Cooperative. At the beginning of the war he was evacuated to Kazakhstan and worked as a cashier-accountant at the Chokpar state farm.

In 1942 Osher Levin was called up for military service in the 1st Latvian Reserve Rifle Regiment. In 1943–44 he again worked in the Chokpar kolkhoz. In 1944–45 he served in the 308th Latvian Rifle Division, and from October 1944 as senior staff officer. In 1945 he served in the 754th Regiment as a logistics officer with the rank of lieutenant. Demobilised in 1945. Member of the Trade Union of State Employees since 1941.