| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Veszprémi |
| Name | Andrey |
| Birth year | 1898 |
| Birth month | 3 |
| Birth day | 17 |
| Birth place | Covasna |
| Death year | 1943 |
| Sex | M |
Veszprémi Andrey (Andor) (17.03.1898, Covasna, Romania — 1943/44 (?), Riga) — artist and educator.
In 1915, Andrey Vespermi graduated from the Higher Commercial School in Budapest, in 1923 — the private art and art-craft school of Reimann in Berlin, and from 1924, he headed the art school in Bucharest. In 1927, he moved to Riga, marrying Gizela Freidenberg, a resident of Riga. In 1934, he received Latvian citizenship. He worked as a drawing and manual labor teacher in Jewish primary schools and gymnasiums, including the private Jewish primary school and gymnasium “Ezra”; also he led student optional drawing and manual labor clubs. In 1931, he completed a two-year Jewish pedagogical course in Riga. A talented graphic artist and designer, he participated in exhibitions in Bucharest (1926) and Riga (1930). He was a prisoner of the Riga Ghetto and the Kaiserwald concentration camp (Riga). Killed for resisting Nazi abuse.
Literature: Levenstein M. On the Edge of Nowhere The Book of Salvation / Auth.-comp. and lit. rec. Левенштейн М. На краю нигде Книга спасения / Авт.-сост. и лит. зап. L. Koval. Jurmala, 1993. Part 1. P. 134—135; Fridman G. What Happened to Us: Memoirs. Riga, 2004. P. 188—189. Л. Коваль. Юрмала, 1993. Ч. 1. С. 134—135; Фридман Г. Что с нами случилось: Воспоминания. Рига, 2004. С. 188—189.