Bergman (Bergmann) Shleima Berovich (1927, Riga) - worker.

Shleima Bergman was born in the family of Ber Yuryevich Bergman (1888, Ventspils - 1956, Riga) and Roza Solomonovna Bergman (Yashkevich) (1898-1967, Riga).

He completed 7 grades at Riga Jewish Primary School No. 9 (1941), was evacuated to Kirov region, where he worked as a woodcutter at the Verkhoshizhena forestry farm (1941-1943, Kishkil) and was an electrician at the Kondrov paper mill (1943-1944, Kaluga region). In 1944-1951 he served in the Soviet Army.

After his demobilisation Shleima Bergman worked in Riga as an electrician - in SMU (construction and mounting company) No. 4 (1951-1952), in the artel ‘Unemiba’ (1952-1956), in the artel (Razotne) (1956-1958), was an electrician at the factory ‘Rigas “apavi” (1958-1960), and at the factory “Darbs” (1960-1961).

In 1961 Shleima Bergman was convicted under Article 165 Part 1, and was in prison until 1962. After being released, he worked in Riga as an electromechanic - at the ‘Darbs’ plant (1962-1965), at the ‘Impuls’ plant (1965-1969), at the SMU of the Local Industry Ministery of Latvian SSR (1969-1971).

Shleima Bergman was married to Ruta Aleksandrovna Bergman (Kan) (1925, Riga) and had a daughter Etya Shleimovna Bergman (1953, Riga).

In 1971 Shleima Bergman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife's cousin Ruven Brener (1921, Riga) lived.

Family

Ber Yurievich Bergman (1888-1956) - father

Rosa Solomonovna Bergman (Yashkevich) (1898-1967) - mother

Paul Berovich Bergman (1921, Riga - in 1942 died at the front of the II World War) - brother

Noson Berovich Bergman (1929, Riga) - brother

Ruta Aleksandrovna Bergman (Kan) (1925) - wife

Etya Bergman Etya (1953) - daughter

Brener Ruven (1921) - wife's cousin.