Garber David Solomonovich, (b. 3 June 1921, Riga) – lawyer.
David Garber was the son of Solomon Garber (1883, Narva – 1943, Omsk), an engineer, and Nekhama Garber (1891, Ukraine – 1932, Riga), a dental surgeon.
In 1928, he enrolled at Riga’s 3rd Primary School. He graduated from the Jewish Public Gymnasium in 1940. In 1941, he began studies at the Faculty of Law at the Latvian State University, which he left at the outbreak of the war. In 1941, he relocated to Omsk, where he worked as a bookkeeper at the Omsk Aviation Military Plant until 1943.
In 1943, he attended an advocacy course at the Law School in Omsk. Fluent in German, English, Russian, Latvian, and Hebrew, he practised law from 1943 to 1945 in the Birobidzhan branch of the Bar Association of Khabarovsk Krai.
In 1945, David Garber returned to Latvia. After resuming studies at the Latvian State University, he earned his law degree in 1947. Between 1946 and 1947, he served as legal advisor for the 2nd City Food Trade Authority in Riga. From 1947 to 1948, he practised as an advocate in Riga, Varaklani, Vilani, and Rezekne. Beginning in 1948, he worked as legal advisor for the Jekabpils District Consumer Union.
From 1948 to 1949, Garber served as a legal advisor at the Kirov District Housing Administration and the Project Trust under the Ministry of Communal Services. From 1949 to 1955, he was legal advisor for the Riga base of Glavkoopmetiztorg (Centre for Cooperative Hardware Trade). Between 1952 and 1955, he also worked as a legal advisor at the Riga Porcelain Factory. From 1955 to 1957, he held the same position at the “Sloka” Complex in Jurmala.
Additionally, from 1949 to 1958, he worked concurrently as a legal advisor for the Riga District Consumer Union. Between 1957 and 1959, he served in this capacity at the Jelgava and Valmiera Timber Transit Depots. From 1955, he was legal advisor to the Baldone District Consumer Union, and from 1959, to the Jekabpils Forestry Enterprise.
He was married to Miryam Garber (née Blum, b. 1925, Munich). They had two daughters: Nekhama Garber (b. 1950, Riga) and Yael Garber (b. 1968, Riga).
His father Solomon Garber and brother Iosif Garber (b. 1916, Riga – d. 1943) were repressed and died in custody; both were posthumously rehabilitated.
In 1968,David Garber received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Basya Kidel-Kaplan (b. 1906, Riga), who had been adopted by Garber’s parents in childhood, later emigrated to France, and from 1956 resided in Israel.
Family:
Miryam Davidovna, Garber (née Blum, b. 1925, Munich) – wife
Nekhama Davidovna, Garber (b. 1950, Riga) – daughter
Yael Davidovna, Garber (b. 1968, Riga) – daughter
Solomon Garber (1883, Narva – 1943, Omsk) – father
Nekhama Garber (1891, Ukraine – 1932, Riga) – mother
Iosif Garber (1916, Riga – 1943) – brother
Basya Kidel-Kaplan (1906, Riga) – cousin