Antikol Zalaman-Avsey Gershonovich (19 February 1901, Ludza – 13 October 1944, Germany)

Engineer, Educator, Holocaust Victim

Education and Career

1921 – Graduated from Ludza Russian Gymnasium.

1921 – Enrolled at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Latvia.

February 1929 – Successfully graduated as a mechanical engineer.

Soon after, he was appointed Senior Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Riga City Council.

1929 – Began teaching at the Riga Jewish Vocational School under the Jewish Educational Society of Latvia.

Military Service

28 August 1931 – 1 September 1932 – Completed mandatory military service in the 12th Bauska Infantry Regiment.

Family

Zalaman-Avsey was married to Have-Zisla (born 1900). They had three daughters:

Nechama (born 1928)

Rina (born 1932)

Ira (born 1936)

Holocaust and Death

1941 – Deported to the Riga Ghetto, later transferred to the Small Riga Ghetto.

Subsequently deported to a concentration camp in Germany, where he was murdered on 13 October 1944.