Gelshtein (Helstein) Lev Shimenevich (30 January 1947, Riga) – locksmith.

Until 1965, Lev Gelshtein worked as a labourer and electrician for the Construction and Installation Directorate of the Latvian SSR Council of National Economy. From 1966 to 1967, he was employed as an electrician at the DOSAAF industrial association.

In 1968, while on active military service, he participated in the military supression in Czechoslovakia. After his demobilisation, he returned to DOSAAF and worked as a locksmith.

In 1972, Lev Gelshtein received an invitation to emigrate to Israel from his uncle, Yehoshua Gelschtein (b. 1911), who had emigrated from Latvia in the 1930s.

Family:

Shimene Gelshtein (b. 1902) – father
Hasya Beylina (1911–1947) – mother
Tsila Gelshtein (née Shperling) (b. 1946) – wife
Yehoshua Gelshtein (b. 1911) – uncle (father’s brother)
Zhanna Gelshtein (b. 1966) – daughter
Daniel Gelshtein (b. 1971) – son