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Brakman Gotthard (1903-1941)

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SurnameBrakman
NameGotthard
Birth year1903
Death year1941
SexM

Brakman ( Brakmann) Gotthard (1903 - after 1941)

Gotthard Brakman was born on 6 April 1903 in Riga in the family of the director of the tobacco factory ‘A. S. Maikapar’. His father’s name was Salaman Karl, his mother’s name - Feiga (Blumenthal). From 1911 he studied at the J. S. Maikapar Gymnasium. Я. From 1911 he studied at the J. Landau Gymnasium in Riga. In 1915 he was evacuated to Petrograd and continued his education at the 6th Petrograd State Gymnasium.

In 1918 Gotthard Brakman returned to Latvia. In 1921 graduated from the J. Landau Gymnasium. In 1921-27 studied law at Latvian University. In 1925 he did compulsory military service in the Latvian army, in the 5th infantry regiment of Cesis. Om 27 July 1927 he became assistant to sworn lawyer V. Kelps. From 8 May 1935 he was a sworn lawyer in Riga.

In August 1941 Gotthard Brakman left for Portugal. Further fate is not known.