Bobrov Meyer Mikhailovich (2.01.1912, Rezekne, Latvia) – mechanic.
Meyer Bobrov was born into the family of Mikhail Abramovich Bobrov (b. 1884, Rezekne – killed by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto, 1941) and Frida Isaevna Bobrova (née Yoelson) (b. 1886, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils – killed by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto, 1941). He completed six years of primary school, then graduated from a Jewish vocational school (1930). Worked as a mechanic in Riga at the “Laferme” tobacco factory (1930–1934), served in the Latvian army (1934–1935), and worked as a mechanic at the “Avangard” factory (1935–1941). Meyer Bobrov was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto, then held in concentration camps in Germany (1941–1945). After liberation, he returned to Riga and worked as a mechanic at the “Avangard” factory (1945–1946), at the “Spartak” garment factory (1947–1948), was supported by his wife (1948–1949), then worked as an assistant foreman at the “Sarkana Baltija” knitwear factory (1949), fitter at the “Avangard” factory (1949), mechanic at “Medsnabsbyt” (1949–1950), in the workshop of the Main Pharmaceutical Administration (1950–1954), in the Brīvība artel (1954–1959), in the sewing workshop of the Latvian SSR Ministry of Health, the Dzirkstele artel, and the “Tekstilgalantereya” factory (1959–1960). He later worked as a sewing machine adjuster at the “Brīvība” factory (1960–1969), as a fitter-adjuster at a special clothing factory (1969–1970), and as a mechanical assembly fitter at the “Alfa” plant (1970–1978), then as a caretaker at the “Imanta” cooperative car park (1978–1979).
In his marriage to Sora-Basya Borukhovna Bobrova (née Druyan) (b. 1912, Ludza), sons were born: Mikhail Meyerovich Bobrov (b. 1946, Riga) and Boris Meyerovich Bobrov (b. 1948, Riga).
In 1980, Meyer Bobrov received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife’s cousin Mikhail Zalmanovich Dayan (b. 1915, Rezekne) had lived since 1937, and his son Boris Meyerovich Bobrov (b. 1948) since 1974.
Mikhail Abramovich Bobrov (1884–1941) – father
Frida Isaevna Bobrova (née Yoelson) (1886–1941) – mother
Iokha Mikhailovna Bobrova (b. 1908, Rezekne – killed by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto, 1941) – sister
Sora-Basya Borukhovna Bobrova (née Druyan) (b. 1912) – wife
Mikhail Meyerovich Bobrov (b. 1946) – son
Boris Meyerovich Bobrov (b. 1948) – son
Mikhail Zalmanovich Dayan (b. 1915) – wife’s cousin