Brovornik (Browornik) Idel Bentsianovich (15 February 1911, Preiļi District) — shoemaker.

In 1922, Idel Brovornik completed three years of primary education in Viļāni. In 1923, he became an apprentice shoemaker under his father and worked in the family workshop until 1928. Between 1928 and 1929, he worked at a sawmill in Riga. From 1930 to 1941, he was employed as a butcher in Gerfan’s shop in Riga.

In 1941, Brovornik was evacuated to the Tajik SSR, where he worked on the Stalin Collective Farm in the Khanakinsky District until 1943. From 1943 to 1944, he worked as a licensed shoemaker at the Khanaka Station.

In 1945, he returned to Riga and worked as a licensed shoemaker in the Kirov District until 1951. From 1951 to 1953, he managed a kiosk in the Uzvara artel. Between 1953 and 1954, he was the manager of a shop in the Nākotne artel. From 1955 to 1961, he again worked as a licensed shoemaker in the Proletarian District of Riga. From 1961 to 1969, he was employed as a shoemaker with Construction Unit No. 02588 in Riga. From 1969 onwards, he worked as a home-based shoemaker.

Idel Brovornik married Maria Brovornik (née Zelkina) (b. 1922, Pryluky, Ukraine), and they had two children: Sofia Brovornik (b. 1952, Riga) and Benyamin Brovornik (b. 1957, Riga)

In 1971, Idel Brovornik was granted permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of Alina Sher (née Slutskaya) (b. 1896, Zhytomyr Region), the sister of his wife’s mother.

During the Holocaust, Brovornik’s entire family perished:

Father: Bentsian Brovornik (1880, Varakļāni – 1941, Viļāni)
Mother: Sara Brovornik (née Edelman) (1885, Varakļāni – 1941, Viļāni)
Brothers: Meer Brovornik (1900, Preiļi – 1941, Viļāni) and Samuil Brovornik (1906, Preiļi – 1941, Viļāni)

Sisters: Mira Nodelman (née Brovornik) (1903, Preiļi – 1941, Viļāni), Frida Druk (née Brovornik) (1905, Preiļi – 1941, Viļāni), and Nechama Brovornik (1914, Preiļi – 1941, Viļāni).