Blankenstein Ananiy (1899 – 1941)

Ananiy Blankenstein Born on 29 October 1899 in Riga to a physician’s family; father’s name was Ber, mother’s name was Feiga (née Kinkuzkina). From 1908, he studied at the Warsaw State Gymnasium. In 1914, he was evacuated to Moscow. In May 1917, he graduated from the gymnasium department of the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages. From 1917 to 1919, he studied law at Moscow University.

In 1920, Ananiy Blankenstein returned to Latvia. From 1920 until August 1921, he fulfilled mandatory military service in the Latvian Army, serving in the 4th Valmiera Infantry Regiment. From 1921 to 1925, he continued studying law at the University of Latvia. While studying, he worked in the office of sworn advocate I. Gornitsky. From 13 January 1926, he was the assistant to sworn advocate V. Kelpšs. From 14 March 1934, Ananiy Blankenstein was a sworn advocate in Riga.

During the Nazi occupation in 1941, Ananiy Blankenstein was killed in the Riga Ghetto.