Pliner Abram Leibovich (1907)

Pliner Abram Leibovich (3 February 1907, Zilupe, Latvia) - worker.

Abram Pliner was born into the family of Leiba Davidovich Pliner (1864, Rēzekne, Latvia – 1935, Zilupe) and Elka-Reiza Meerovna Pliner (1874, Dagda, Latvia – 1934, Riga).

He received primary education. From 1922 to 1928 he was engaged in various kinds of work. In 1928–1929 he served in the Latvian Army. From 1929 to 1941 he worked in various jobs in Zilupe. After moving to Riga, he worked as a traffic controller in the ORUD department of the State Automobile Inspectorate (GAI) in 1941. He volunteered for the Second World War, was wounded, and was demobilized as a Group II invalid.

Abram Pliner was awarded the medals “For the Defence of Moscow,” “For Courage,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” as well as jubilee medals.

In 1942–1944 he worked at the “Zavet Lenina” collective farm in Pavlodar Oblast, Kazakh SSR, as a weighman at the Machine and Tractor Station (MTS). In 1944 he served as a military instructor at the Kalinovka incomplete secondary school. After moving to Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, he worked as a buffet attendant at Restaurant No. 22 (1944–1946).

After returning to Latvia, he worked in Riga as a building superintendent in the 1st District Housing Administration (1946–1947). From 1947 to 1961 he held various positions in the Ražotājs Artel, including kiosk manager, head of the safety-pin workshop, worker in the recycling shop, head of the recycling shop, head of the sewing workshop, brigadier, accounting clerk, and quality inspector. In 1961–1963 he worked as a quality inspector in Workshop No. 5 of the Tekstilnieks Combine. From 1963 to 1969 he worked at the Sadarbs Factory as a quality inspector, acceptance controller, and controller. From 1969 to 1972 he was employed as a repair worker at the Pirmais Maijs Production Association.

In his marriage to Zaida Meerovna Pliner (née Fuks) (born 1907, Shkyaune settlement, Lucyn Uezd, Vitebsk Governorate), three children were born: Riva Abramovna Druyan (née Pliner) (1931, Rēzekne), Rosa Abramovna Mostova (née Pliner) (1935, Ludza, Latvia), Leiba Abramovich Pliner (1937, Zilupe).

In 1972 Abram Pliner received permission to emigrate to Israel, where from the spring of that year his daughter Rosa Abramovna Mostova (née Pliner) (born 1935) was living, as well as his brother, Iosif Izrailevich (or Khaimovich) Pliner (born 1893, Rēzekne; name varies in documents), and his sister, Liza Izrailevna Kager (née Pliner) (born 1896, Rēzekne).

Family:

Leiba Davidovich Pliner (1864–1935) — father
Elka-Reiza Meerovna Pliner (1874–1934) — mother
Iosif Izrailevich Pliner (born 1893) — brother
Liza Izrailevna Kager (née Pliner) (born 1896) — sister
Lipman Leibovich Pliner (born 1904; killed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War; exact date unknown, Zilupe) — brother
Khaimitsa Leibovich Pliner (born 1912, Zilupe; killed at the front during the Second World War; exact date unknown) — brother
Sonya Leibovna Aron (née Pliner) (born 1905, Zilupe) — sister
Khaya Leibovna Mezel’skaya (née Pliner) (born 1909, Zilupe) — sister
Zaida Meerovna Pliner (née Fuks) (born 1907) — wife
Riva Abramovna Druyan (née Pliner) (born 1931) — daughter
Rosa Abramovna Mostova (née Pliner) (born 1935) — daughter
Leiba Abramovich Pliner (born 1937) — son