Basner Liba Zalmanovna (b. 1914, exact date and place of birth unknown - ?) – participant in the communist underground movement.

Pre-War Activities

The 1st Latvian Republic Liba Basner worked as a labourer and accountant at a factory, later becoming a district technician.

From 1926, she was involved in the underground revolutionary movement, joining the Student Komsomol Organisation and the International Organisation for Aid to Revolutionary Fighters (MOPR). Liba Basner’s apartment frequently hosted illegal meetings.

She was arrested multiple times but was released due to lack of evidence, as confirmed by the party archive records and testimonies of former underground members, including I. Chernobrov, B. Hirschfeld, and H. Poga.

Wartime Service

At the beginning of World War II, Liba Basner evacuated to the interior of the USSR. After completing nursing courses, she served in the Soviet Army from 1942 to 1945 as a nurse and clerk.

She became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1944.

Post-War Career

  • 1945–1951 – Store manager, tailor at the "Stakhanovets" artel

  • 1951–1957 – Unemployed due to her young daughter's poor health

  • 1957–1969 – Accountant and bookkeeper at: Rīgas Adītājs factory, Soyuzreaktiv office, Reagent plant.

Awards and Recognition

  • Medal "For Courage"

  • Medal "For Victory over Germany"

  • Two Jubilee Medals

  • 1970 – Medal "For Valorous Labour"

Liba Basner was recognised as a Personal Pensioner of Republican Significance.