Gellerman (Gellermann) Yakub (Jakub) Abramovich (12 August 1926, Riga) – bookseller.

Yakub Gellerman was born into the family of Abram Gellerman (1888, Riga – 1949, Riga) and Hasya Gellerman (née Zilberman) (1891, Jēkabpils). In 1941, he completed seven years of schooling at Riga’s 2nd Jewish School. That same year, he was evacuated to the Chuvash ASSR, where he worked on the “Kzylban” collective farm.

From 1944 to 1950, he served in the Soviet Army as a rifleman. Between 1950 and 1953, he worked as a general labourer at the Dailkrāsotājs artel in Riga. From 1953 to 1961, he was employed as a frame assembler at the Mākslinieks artel. Between 1962 and 1972, he worked as a travelling bookseller in Riga.

He was awarded several medals: “For the Capture of Berlin,” “For the Liberation of Prague,” “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45,” and “30 Years of the Soviet Army.” In 1972, Yakub Gellerman was granted permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his sister, Tsilya Kuper (née Gellerman) (b. 1924, Riga).

Family:

Abram Gellerman (1888, Riga – 1949, Riga) – father
Hasya Gellerman (née Zilberman) (1891, Jēkabpils) – mother
Sara (Sofya) Gellerman (1914, Riga – 1941, Riga) – sister
Tsilya Kuper (née Gellerman) (b. 1924, Riga) – sister
Nohum Gellerman (b. 1929, Riga) – brother