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Kameraza Ida (1905-1941)

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SurnameKameraza
NameIda
Birth year1905
Birth month4
Birth day13
Birth placeDaugavpils
Death year1941
Death placeRiga
SexF

Kameraza (Kamerasa) Ida (after marriage Dimante) (13 April 1905, Daugavpils – 1941, Riga)

Ida Kameraza was born on 13 April 1905 in Daugavpils to the family of a physician. Father — Boris, mother — Brokha (née Yoffe). From 1913 she studied at the Daugavpils Girls’ Gymnasium. From 1915 she lived in evacuation in Simbirsk, where she studied at the Simbirsk Girls’ Gymnasium until June 1921.

In July 1921 she returned to Latvia. In 1923 she graduated from the Daugavpils Municipal Girls’ Secondary School. In 1924 she began to study law at the University of Latvia. After graduating in 1930, she worked at the office of sworn advocate E. Tomsons. From 3 May 1933 she was assistant to sworn advocate E. Tomsons in Daugavpils. From 1 May 1940 she was a sworn advocate in Daugavpils.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941 she was admitted to the Bar Association, and from 24 February she worked as a lawyer at Riga’s 4th Legal Consultation Office. She perished in Riga during the German occupation in 1941.

In 1941 she married engineer Gary Dimant (b. 7 March 1901).