Gottlieb (Gotlib) Avraam-Ilya Savelyevich (18 February 1909, Liepāja) — watchmaker.
Avraam Gottlieb graduated in 1924 after completing eight years of study at the Liepāja City School. From 1925 to 1930, he worked as a watchmaker in the Spektor workshop in Liepāja. From 1930 to 1931, he completed military service in the Latvian Army.
Between 1932 and 1940, he was employed as a watchmaker at Gordon’s workshop in Riga. From 1940 to 1941, he served as head of the watch department at Riga's Yuvelirtorg. In 1941, he voluntarily joined the Soviet Army and, as part of the Latvian Division, took part in active combat. He was wounded three times and was demobilised in 1946 with the rank of Starshina (sergeant major).
From 1946 to 1948, he worked as a watchmaker at the Riga Voenflottorg (military naval supply store), and from 1948 to 1950 at the Riga Jewellery Factory. From 1950 to 1975, he worked as a watchmaker at the “Darbs” artel.
He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medals For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, 20 Years of Victory over Germany, and 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
In 1966, Gottlieb was convicted under Article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR and sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a corrective labour camp in Valmiera. He was released in 1968 following rehabilitation.
He was married to Sara Gotlib (née Datel) (1909, Tukums). Their daughters were Fira Gelvan (née Gotlib) (born 1946, Riga) and Herta Vaintrub (née Gotlib) (born 1952, Riga).
During the Holocaust, his parents Savely and Frida Gotlib, and his sister Berta Gotlib (1918, Liepāja – …), were killed.
His brother Idel Gotlib (1910, Liepāja – 1942) died in action during the Second World War. His siblings Harri Gotlib (1913, Liepāja) and Sonya Ludzyn (née Gotlib) (1924, Liepāja) emigrated to the United States after liberation from a concentration camp. His brother Herman Gotlib (1915, Liepāja) also survived a concentration camp and later emigrated to the United States; in the 1970s he lived in Montreal, Canada.
In 1975, Avraam Gottlieb received permission to emigrate to Israel.
Sara Gotlib (née Datel) (1909, Tukums) — wife
Fira Gelvan (née Gotlib) (1946, Riga) — daughter
Gerta Vaintrub (née Gotlib) (1952, Riga) — daughter
Savely Gotlib — father
Frida Gotlib (née Blank) — mother
Idel Gotlib (1910–1942) — brother
Harri Gotlib (1913, Liepāja) — brother
Herman Gotlib (1915, Liepāja) — brother
Berta Gotlib (1918, Liepāja – …) — sister
Sonya Ludzyn (née Gotlib) (1924, Liepāja) — sister