Baumgart Voldemar Lvovich (b. 15.05.1902, Jelgava – ?) – gynaecologist.
Family and Education
Voldemar Baumgart was the son of Lev Baumgart (1860, Kandava – 1938, Riga) and Sofya Baumgart (née Tal) (1872, Jelgava – 1941, Riga).
• 1922 – Graduated from secondary school in Riga, then enrolled in university.
• 1927 – Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
• 1928–1929, 1932–1935 – Assistant at a clinic in Geneva.
• 1930 – Returned to Latvia, passed state exams at the University of Latvia.
• 1931–1932 – Served in the Latvian Army.
Medical Career
• 1935–1940 – Gynaecologist at the Hospital Fund in Riga.
• 1940–1941 – Medical officer at the Republican Trade Union Committee and doctor at Riga's 3rd Polyclinic.
• 1941–1942 – Doctor at a military hospital and Maternity Hospital No. 1 in Leninogorsk, Kazakh SSR.
• 1942–1944 – Doctor in a specialised hospital in Alma-Ata, working in reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy.
• 1944–1945 – Doctor in hospitals in Daugavpils and Riga.
• 1945–1952 – Consulting doctor and head of the gynaecology department at Riga's 4th Polyclinic.
• 1951–1957 – Deputy Chief Doctor at Riga’s 1st Maternity Hospital.
• 1957–1961 – Gynaecologist at Riga’s 10th Polyclinic.
• 1961 – Doctor at Sanatorium No. 1 in Kemeri.
Legal Issues
• 1961 – Convicted by the People’s Court of Lenin District, Riga, under Article 162, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR.
• Sentenced to one year in prison and two years without medical practice.
• Later, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR replaced the prison term with a suspended sentence.
Later Career
• 1963–1964 – Gynaecologist at the Riga Electrolamp Plant medical unit.
• 1964–1965 – Gynaecologist at the Riga Instrumentation Plant medical unit.
• 1966–1969 – Worked at several institutions: Riga’s 2nd Polyclinic, Ogre District Hospital, Riga’s 3rd City Polyclinic
• 1969 – Oncologist at Riga’s Oncology Dispensary.
• 1969–1970 – Gynaecologist at Riga’s 3rd City Polyclinic.
• 1971–1974 – Emergency doctor at Riga’s 1st City Clinical Hospital.
• 1974–1976 – Gynaecologist at Riga’s Oncology Dispensary.
Awards
• Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
• Medal "For Valorous Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Lenin’s Birth".
Family and Emigration
•
Voldemar Baumgart’s first wife was Luise Baumgart (née Schaak) (b. 1908, Cologne). In this marrige a son Heinz-Georg Baumgart (b. 1934, Vienna) was born. The marriage was dissolved in 1939, and from 1941 onwards, he had no information about his ex-wife and son.
His second wife was Nina Samonova (b. 1922, Moscow). Their two children were Igor Baumgart (b. 1945, Riga) and Margarita Kargina (née Baumgart) (b. 1957, Riga). The marriage ended in divorce in 1974.
The third marrige was to Lidiya Marchenko (b. 1912, Kyiv). They married in 1975 and divorced in 1977.
Voldemar Baumgart’s mother was murdered in the Holocaust.
His brother: Alfred Bonard (b. 1897, Riga) emigrated in 1927 and changed his surname during the Nazi occupation of France. By the late 1970s, he lived in Florida, USA.
His sister: Margarita Morgenstern (née Baumgart) (1899, Riga – 1972, Stockholm), emigrated in 1917.
In 1979, Voldemar Baumgart received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Shlomo Godel (b. 1908, Jelgava), who had emigrated from Latvia in 1937 to what is now Israel.
Family Members
• Luise Baumgart (née Schaak)* (b. 1908, Cologne) – first wife
• Nina Samonova (b. 1922, Moscow) – second wife
• Lidiya Marchenko (b. 1912, Kyiv) – third wife
• Heinz-Georg Baumgart (b. 1934, Vienna) – son
• [[en:people:baumgart_igor|Igor Baumgart]] * (b. 1945, Riga) – son
• Margarita Kargina (née Baumgart) (b. 1957, Riga) – daughter
• Lev Baumgart (1860–1938) – father
• Sofya Baumgart (née Tal) (1872–1941) – mother
• Alfred Bonard (b. 1897, Riga) – brother
• Margarita Morgenstern (née Baumgart) (1899–1972) – sister
• Shlomo Godel (b. 1908, Jelgava) – cousin