Gottlieb (Gotlib) Abram-Faivush Fayvushevich (27 July 1906, Jelgava) — footwear cutter.
Abram Gottlieb was the son of Fayvush Gotlib (1863, Jelgava – 1927, Jelgava) and Tserna Gotlib (née Bernard) (1867, Jelgava – 1933, Jelgava).
He had eight siblings: Nekhemya Gotlib (1899, Jelgava – missing in action during the Great Patriotic War); Moysha Gotlib (1902, Jelgava – 1941); Leyba Gotlib (1904, Jelgava – 1941, Riga); Khana Mikhalishok (née Gotlib) (1895, Jelgava – 1941(?)) and Fanya Rabinovich (née Gotlib) (1890, Jelgava – 1941(?)) — all perished in the Holocaust; Tsivya Gotlib (1888, Jelgava); Dora Faitelman (née Gotlib) (1887, Jelgava – 1971, Riga); and Bluma Morris (née Gotlib) (1902, Jelgava).
In 1918, Abram Gottlieb completed four years of primary schooling in Berdyansk. Between 1919 and 1927, he apprenticed as a footwear cutter at a private enterprise in Jelgava. From 1928 to 1930, he served in the Latvian Army, 12th Bauska Infantry Regiment.
From 1930 to 1941, he worked as a footwear cutter at a private enterprise in Jelgava. From 1941 to 1943, he was a farm labourer in Ivanovo Region. In 1943, he was drafted into the Labour Army, and from 1944 to 1945, he served on the front with the 2nd Belorussian Front. He was demobilised after being wounded near the Vistula.
From 1945 to 1947, he worked as a leather cutter at the central fruit and vegetable base of the Consumer Union in Riga. Between 1947 and 1966, he was employed as a footwear cutter at the “Blazma” Tannery and the “Rekord” Factory. From 1966, he was retired.
He was married to Zhenya Gotlib (née Plungyan) (1911, Daugavpils). Their daughters were Tserna Gotlib (born 1940, Riga) and Fanya Shluper (née Gotlib) (born 1946, Riga).
Abram Gottlieb was awarded the medals For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 and 20 Years of Victory over Germany.
In 1971, he received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Yoel Krauz (1902, Jelgava), who had emigrated to England in the 1910s and was living in Israel in the 1970s.
Zhenya Gotlib (née Plungyan) (1911, Daugavpils) — wife
Tserna Gotlib (1940, Riga) — daughter
Fanya Shluper (née Gotlib) (1946, Riga) — daughter
Fayvush Gotlib (1863–1927) — father
Tserna Gotlib (née Bernard) (1867–1933) — mother
Nekhemya Gotlib (1899, Jelgava – …) — brother
Moysha Gotlib (1902–1941) — brother
Leyba Gotlib (1904–1941) — brother
Tsivya Gotlib (1888, Jelgava) — sister
Dora Faitelman (née Gotlib) (1887–1971) — sister
Khana Mikhalishok (née Gotlib) (1895–1941(?)) — sister
Fanya Rabinovich (née Gotlib) (1890–1941(?)) — sister
Bluma Morris (née Gotlib) (1902, Jelgava) — sister
Yoel Krauz (1902, Jelgava) — cousin