Wasserman Abram Israilevich (1904)

Wasserman (Vasserman)Abram Israilevich (1904, Riga – date of death unknown) — goldsmith. From 1915 to 1918, Abram Wasserman was an apprentice at the Samarin jewellery workshop in Vologda. Between 1919 and 1940, he worked as a master goldsmith in various Riga jewellery cooperatives, including Stradiņš, Breido, Bann and Waldman, and Yurison.

In 1941, he served in the Soviet Army. He was wounded in December of that year and subsequently discharged for health reasons. From 1942, he worked as a goldsmith in Tashkent.

From 1963, he was employed at the Riga Jewellery Factory. He began as a sixth-grade jeweller in Workshop No. 3. In 1967, he was transferred to the role of sixth-grade experimental locksmith in the design and technology department. From 1968, he worked as an experimental locksmith in the design and engineering division (OGK). In 1969, he was promoted to jeweller-designer in the factory’s experimental section.