Bermant Leizer Khananovich (born 29 June 1929, Daugavpils) — chauffeur.

In 1941,Leizer Bermant was evacuated with his family to the Kuybyshev region, where he worked on the “Krasny Oktyabr” (Red October) state farm. From 1943, the family lived in the Mari ASSR, in the “Krasnoye Znamya” (Red Banner) collective farm. In 1945, Bermant and his family returned to Latvia.

In 1946, he completed five grades at Daugavpils' First Secondary School, and until 1949, he worked as a tinsmith in Daugavpils. From 1949 to 1952, he served in the Soviet Army. Between 1952 and 1954, he resumed working as a tinsmith at the district industrial complex in Daugavpils. From 1957 to 1961, he worked as a chauffeur at the Daugavpils auto-expedition base, and in 1961, he was employed as a driver at Daugavpils ATK No. 3.

In 1954, Leizer Bermant married Genda Riva (born 1933) and moved to her hometown, Braslav (Belarus). However, due to disagreements with his in-laws, the marriage was dissolved, and Bermant returned to Daugavpils. In the 1960s, his former wife and their daughter emigrated to Israel.

His father, Khona Bermant (1900–1942), a native of Daugavpils, was killed in action near Staraya Russa. His mother, Genya Bermant (née Svirskaya, 1900–1952), originally from Skrudaliena, was buried in Riga. In 1956, his sister Nina (Pesochner, née Bermant, born 1930) repatriated to Poland and, by the 1960s, was living in Israel. In the early 1960s, Bermant was denied permission to emigrate to Israel to join his sister. However, in 1966, he left Latvia.

Family:

Khona Bermant (1900–1942) - father
Genya Bermant (née Svirskaya, 1900–1952) - mother

Grisha Bermant (born 1924) - brother

Abram Bermant (born 1926) - brother

Nina Pesochner (née Bermant, born 1930) - sister

Genda Riva (born 1933) - wife