Sverdlin Lev (1906-1941)

Sverdlin (Swerdlin) Lev (Lew ) (1906–1941) — lawyer.

Lev Sverdlin was born on 11 February 1906 in Vitebsk, into the family of a merchant. His father was Abram, his mother Rivka. His brother, Natan Sverdlin, was a sworn attorney.

From 1907, he lived in Riga. In 1915, during the First World War, the family became refugees and returned to Vitebsk; from 1916, he studied at a gymnasium there. In 1918, he returned to Riga.

From 1920, he studied at the J. Landau Gymnasium. After graduating from the Riga City Russian Secondary School in 1924, he began studying law at the University of Latvia, completing his studies in 1928. During his studies, he gave private lessons.

From 1928, he worked in the office of the sworn attorney V. Davija in Riga. From 6 November 1935, he himself was a sworn attorney in Riga.

Lev Sverdlin was a member of the Jewish national organization “Trumpeldor” and the “Tel Hai Fund” society. He was also a philister (graduate member) of the Jewish student corporation “Hasmonea.”

During the Soviet occupation in 1941, he worked as a legal consultant.

Lev Sverdlin was killed during the German occupation in 1941 in the Riga Ghetto.

Work:

Privātapsardzības lietu tiesāšanas īpatnības pēc kriminālprocesa likumiem (Specific features of adjudicating private security cases under criminal procedure law).

Riga, 1934.