Glick Abram Shleymovich (born 4 October 1899, Smiltene) — raw leather procurement specialist.
Abram Glick was the son of Shleima Glick (1860, Lithuania – 1929, Riga) and Ida Glick (1870, Lithuania – presumed 1941, Riga). He received a primary education and began working at the age of 16. From 1915 to 1920, he was an apprentice in raw leather procurement at the workshop of Shleima Durakh in Smiltene. Between 1920 and 1923, he worked as a leather procurement specialist in the workshops of Shmuel Glik.
In 1923, Glick moved to Riga, where he worked as a procurement agent in his own enterprise. In 1926, he became co-founder and employee of the firm “Brothers Glik.” Between 1928 and 1939, he travelled on business for the firm to Germany, England, France, and the USSR. After the tragic death of his brothers Shmuel Glick (1890, Smiltene – 1938, Riga) and Berel Glick (1894, Smiltene – 1938, Riga) in a car accident, Abram assumed ownership of the company, which he managed until 1940.
In 1940–41, he worked as a senior grader for the organisation “Adu un Vilnas Centrale” in Riga. In 1941, he was administratively resettled to Krasnoyarsk Krai, where he worked on a kolkhoz in the Kansky District. That same year, he was imprisoned in a labour camp (ITL) and sentenced to five years' imprisonment as a “socially dangerous element” (SOE). He was released early under amnesty in 1945, with all restrictions lifted.
From 1946 to 1948, he worked as a materials handler and grader at the Kansk Tannery. In 1948, he returned to Riga and was employed as a fur selector at the “Baltijas Modes Ateljē” until 1949. From 1950 to 1957, he worked as a procurement agent at the Kann Interdistrict Procurement Office. Between 1958 and 1961, he was a home-based worker at the disabled workers’ artel “Dzimtene” (later renamed “Liesma” Factory and subsequently “Kvēle” Factory). From 1961 onwards, he was retired.
During the Holocaust, Glick’s mother and siblings — Anna Harput (née Glick) (1892, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Smiltene), Sara Zelikson (née Glick) (1907, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Riga), and Zalman Glick (1905, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Riga) — perished.
In 1969, Abram Glik and his wife received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his nephew, Vladimir Harput (born 1914, Lithuania).
Compiled by A. Norman
Anastasiya Glik (née Snetova) (born 1908, Riga) — wife
Shleima Glik (1860, Lithuania – 1929, Riga) — father
Ida Glik (1870, Lithuania – presumed 1941, Riga) — mother
Shmuel Glik (1890, Smiltene – 1938, Riga) — brother
Berel Glik (1894, Smiltene – 1938, Riga) — brother
Anna Harput (née Glik) (1892, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Smiltene) — sister
Zalman Glik (1905, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Riga) — brother
Sara Zelikson (née Glik) (1907, Smiltene – presumed 1941, Riga) — sister
Vladimir Harput (born 1914, Lithuania) — nephew