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Altgauzen Maryam (1909-1940)

Personal data
SurnameAltgauzen
NameMaryam
Birth year1909
Birth month7
Birth day13
Birth placeDaugavpils
Death year1940
SexF

Altgauzen (Althausen) Maryam (Born 13 July 1909, Daugavpils – after 1940)

Lawyer

Maryam Altgauzen was born in Daugavpils to Eliyash Yankel and Traina Gitel (née Levinsohn). Her sister, Eva, was also a lawyer.

Education and Early Career

1930 – Graduated from Daugavpils State Gymnasium

1931–1937 – Studied law at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1937

1932 onwards – Worked as a typist at:

The office of sworn attorney M. Fleischman

The Latgalian General Mutual Aid Fund

The School Department of the Ministry of Education

From 1937, Maryam Altgauzen worked in the office of sworn attorney K. Zalkind.Until 1934, she was actively involved in the Jewish Socialist Student Society “Zukunft”. On 28 August 1940, Maryam Althausen became an assistant to sworn attorney K. Zalkind in Riga. Her fate after 1940 remains unknown.