Fleishman (Fleischmann) Mendel (8 May 1904, Riga — 1941, Riga) - lawyer.

Mendel Fleishman was born into the family of a merchant, Nokhum Fleishman, and Khana Menukha Fleishman (née Shur). He studied at the private humanities gymnasium of A. Korti and, during the First World War, continued his education independently. From 1917 he attended the Riga City Technical School.

He participated in the Latvian War of Independence as part of the Baltic Landeswehr and later in German volunteer units. In 1922 he graduated from the Riga State German Secondary School. From 1922 to 1927 he studied law at the University of Latvia. Beginning in 1924 he worked as a secretary in the office of sworn attorney V. Tumansky, and from 1925 in the office of sworn attorney I. Gornitsky. From 12 October 1927 he served as assistant to sworn attorney I. Gornitsky in Riga, and from 17 September 1930 as assistant to sworn attorney L. Rubinstein. On 25 April 1934 he became a sworn attorney in Riga.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941, he was admitted to the Collegium of Advocates. During the German occupation of 1941 he was confined to the Riga ghetto, where he perished. He was awarded the Latvian Commemorative Badge for the War of Liberation.

In 1926 he married Polina Dimenstein (born 26 September 1905). Their daughter Bella was born on 1 November 1926.

Family:

Nokhum Fleishman – father
Khana Menukha Fleishman (née Shur) – mother
Polina Dimenstein (1905) – wife
Bella Fleishman (1926) – daughter