Kantor Leon (1903 – 1941)

Leon Kantor was born on 28 November 1903 in St Petersburg, to a family from Rokiskis; father — Aizik, mother — Toba Malka. He was educated at Riga’s Aleksandrov Gymnasium.

In 1921 he graduated from Riga City Russian Gymnasium. From 1922 he studied law at the University of Vienna (Austria), in 1923 at the University of Giessen, and in 1924 at the University of Halle (Germany). Returning to Latvia in 1926, he completed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army. In 1927 he resumed his law studies at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1930.

From 17 September 1930 he worked as an assistant to sworn advocate N. Stackelberg in Jelgava. On 26 January 1938 he was admitted as a sworn advocate in Jelgava, and from 11 April 1938 practised in Liepāja. He was active in Zionist Jewish organisations.

Leon Kantor was murdered during the German occupation in Liepāja in July 1941.

His wife Sara (11 October 1905 – 1941), their daughter Miriam (1 July 1932 – 1941), and their son Eliezer (17 January 1935 – 1941) were also killed.

Works

Collection of Civil Cassation Decisions, General Assembly of the First and Cassation Department of the Former Governing Senate, Explaining Legal Provisions in Force in Western Latvia and Estonia. Riga, 1932.

Atzīšanas prasība Latvijas civilprocesā (The Action for Recognition in Latvian Civil Procedure). Riga, 1936.