Fram Shlem (Schlem) Yekelewich (10 February 1902, Livani) - worker.
Shlem Fram was the son of Yekel Fram (1860, Lithuania — 1922, Livani) and Beyta Fram (née Levi) (1875, Livani — 1941, Livani). In 1923 he graduated from the “Klever” gymnasium in Riga. From 1924 to 1925 he was engaged in casual labor in Riga, and from 1925 to 1926 he served in the Latvian Army.
Between 1926 and 1931 he worked as an assistant in a pharmacy in Livani. In 1931 he moved to Riga, where until 1934 he worked in Liepa’s pharmacy. From 1935 to 1938 he was employed as a worker at the textile factories of Pavlus and Liberman, and in 1938 at the Reimanis textile factory.
In 1941 he was evacuated to Tashkent. In the same year he was convicted of speculation under Article 107 of the RSFSR Criminal Code and sentenced by the people’s court of Tashkent to five years’ imprisonment. After his release in 1946 he returned to Riga. From 1946 to 1963 he worked as a warper in the artel “Ražotājs” and at the “Tekstilnieks” combine. After suffering a minor stroke, he was forced to retire in 1963.
He was married to Mina Fram (née Leibovich) (1916, Moscow), with whom he had a son, Isak Fram (1948, Riga). His mother and sisters, Mary Fram (1900, Livani — 1941, Livani) and Roza Sher (née Fram) (1901, Livani — 1941, Livani), perished in the Holocaust. His brother Khaim Fram (1904, Livani — 1943, Solikamsk) died in the USSR, while his brother Harry Fram (1906, Livani) lived in Brooklyn, USA, in the 1960s. His brothers Arye Fram (1908, Livani) and Lipman Fram (1920, Livani) repatriated to Poland in the late 1940s as spouses of Polish citizens and in the 1960s lived in Israel, where both worked as school principals. His sister Dina Yudelovich (née Fram) (1912, Livani) lived in Riga in the 1960s.
In 1964 Shlem Fram received permission to emigrate to Israel.
Family:
Fram (Leibovich) Mina (1916, Moscow) – wife
Fram Isak (1948, Riga) – son
Fram Yekel (1860–1922) – father
Fram (Levi) Beyta (1875–1941) – mother
Fram Khaim (1904–1943) – brother
Fram Harry (1906) – brother
Fram Arye (1908) – brother
Fram Lipman (1920) – brother
Fram Mary (1900–1941) – sister
Sher (Fram) Roza (1901–1941) – sister
Yudelovich (Fram) Dina (1912) – sister