Likhman Boris Efimovich (1946)

Likhman (Lichmann) Boris Efimovich (4 March 1946, Riga) — labourer.

Boris Likhman was born into the family of the photographer Efim Moiseevich Likhmanis (b. 1922) and the factory worker Zinaida Israilevna Likhmanis (née Shafer) (b. 1922). He did not receive formal schooling due to childhood illness. He worked as a labourer in a workshop attached to a psychiatric hospital (1962–1964, Riga), and was employed as a labourer at the Children’s and School Furniture Combine (1964–1971, Riga).

In 1971, Boris Likhman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1957 his uncle (his father’s cousin), Marek Singer (b. 1933), had been living.

Family

Efim Moiseyevich Likhmanis (b. 1922) — father
Zinaida Israilevna Likhmanis (née Shafer) (b. 1922) — mother
Valentina Efimovna Tvardovskaya (née Likhmanis) (b. 1944) — sister
Marek Singer (b. 1933) — uncle (father’s cousin)