Blumenthal Ester(Esfir) (née Yankova) (1900 – 1941?)

Ester Blumenthal was born on 23 March 1900 in Riga. Her father’s name was Aron, her mother’s name – Diana (Imyanitova). From 1907, Ester Blumenthal attended the O. Beatera Girls' Gymnasium in Riga. During the First World War, she was evacuated and studied at the M. Safonova Gymnasium in Pskov, graduating in 1918.

In 1919, Ester Blumenthal returned to Latvia. In 1920, she began studying law at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1925. From 14 October 1925, she worked as an assistant to barrister A. Hamann in Riga. On 26 February 1936, she was removed from the register of barristers at her own request.

In 1926, she married the lawyer Avram Blumenthal (born 5 April 1893). Their daughter Mirjam was born on 16 April 1929.

Both Ester Blumenthal and her daughter died in Riga during the Nazi occupation in 1941(?) in Riga Ghetto.