Godin Abram-Leib Zalmanovich (born 13 August 1910, Warsaw) — procurement specialist.

In the 1910s, Abram Godin moved with his parents to Riga. He completed secondary school in 1928. From 1929 to 1940, he worked as a clerk in the secretariat of the Riga Jewish Society. Simultaneously, he studied at the Faculty of Economics at the Latvian State University and worked in the editorial office of the newspaper Haynt.

In 1941, he was employed as an economist at the “Trud” artel in Riga. That same year, Godin was arrested, and in 1942 was sentenced by a Special Council to ten years of imprisonment (he was rehabilitated in 1956). He served his sentence in Solikamsk.

From 1950 to 1955, he was in exile in the Dolgomostovsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, working at the Biryusinsk Forestry and Chemical Enterprise. In 1956, he returned to Latvia and worked as a supply officer at the Jaunjelgava District Industrial Combine. From 1957 to 1959, he held a similar position at the Jēkabpils District Industrial Combine. Between 1959 and 1966, he worked as a procurement specialist at the Consumer Services Combine of the Stalinsky (later Proletarsky) District of Riga. In 1963, it was renamed the Knitwear and Headwear Combine.

He was married to Rakhil Godina (née Sadovskaya) (born 1914, Vilnius District, Lithuania).

During the Holocaust, Godin's parents — Zalman Godin (1880, Belarus – presumed 1941, Riga) and Chaya Godina (1885, Belarus – presumed 1941, Riga), and his sisters Beila Godina (1911, Riga – presumed 1941, Riga) and Genya Godina (1913, Riga – presumed 1941, Riga) — perished.

In 1963, Godin submitted his first request for emigration to Israel, invited by his cousin, Lea Winderbaum (née Godina) (born 1916, Riga), who had emigrated from the USSR in the 1950s. His application was approved in 1967.

Compiled by A. Norman

Rakhil Godina (née Sadovskaya) (born 1914, Vilnius District, Lithuania) — wife
Zalman Godin (1880, Belarus – presumed 1941, Riga) — father
Chaya Godina (1885, Belarus – presumed 1941, Riga) — mother
Beila Godina (1911, Riga – presumed 1941, Riga) — sister
Genya Godina (1913, Riga – presumed 1941, Riga) — sister
Lea Winderbaum (née Godina) (born 1916, Riga) — cousin