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Gottlieb Ilya Samuilovich (1909)

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SurnameGottlieb
NameIlya
PatronymSamuilovich
Birth year1909
Birth placeLiepāja
SexM

Gottlieb (Gotlib) Ilya Samuilovich (1909, Liepāja – date of death unknown) — watchmaker.

From 1925 to 1930, Ilya Gottlieb worked at the “Spektor” watch workshop in Liepāja. He completed his mandatory military service in the Latvian Army from 1930 to 1931. Between 1931 and 1940, he was employed as a watchmaker at the firm “D. Gordon”.

From 1940 to 1941, he served as director of a shop and head of the workshop at “Yuvelirtorg”. In 1941, he joined the Soviet Army, where he served until 1945.

After demobilisation, he worked as a watchmaker for Riga’s “Voenflottorg” (1945–1947), and from 1947 to 1948 at the “Baltika” artel. From 1949 onward, he was employed at the Riga Jewellery Factory.