Kassner Maier-Leiba Abramovich (b. 31 July 1921, Chernivtsi) — weaver.

Maier-Leiba Kassner was the son of Abram Stein (1869, Chernivtsi – 1938, Chernivtsi) and Malka-Esther (née Kassner) Stein (1882, Chernivtsi – 1964, Riga).

He completed 8 grades of secondary school. From 1935 to 1940 he worked as a salesman in a bookshop in Chernivtsi. In 1940–41 he was a grinder at a metal products factory in Chernivtsi. In 1941 he was deported by the Romanian occupiers beyond the Dniester to the town of Dzhuryn, Mohyliv-Podilskyi region, where he performed forced labour.

After liberation, from 1944 to 1947, he served as a private in the Soviet Army. From 1947 to 1950 he worked as a weaver in the artel Volya in Chernivtsi. In 1950 he moved to Riga, where until 1953 he worked as a weaver in the 1 May artel. From 1953 he was a foreman and later senior foreman at the Sadarbs industrial association.

In his first marriage to Hilda Kassner (1928 – 1953, Riga) a son was born, Morets Kassner (b. 1948, Chernivtsi). In his second marriage to Sofia Kassner (née Krasnyanskaya, later Bershadskaya) (b. 1923, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi), a son was born, Harry Kassner (b. 1959, Riga).

He was awarded the medals For the Victory over Japan, Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45, 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin.

In 1972 he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Hilda Kassner (1928 – 1953, Riga) — first wife
Morets Kassner (b. 1948, Chernivtsi) — son
Sofia Kassner (née Krasnyanskaya, later Bershadskaya) (b. 1923, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) — second wife
Harry Kassner (b. 1959, Riga) — son
Abram Stein (1869, Chernivtsi – 1938, Chernivtsi) — father
Malka-Esther Stein (née Kassner) (1882, Chernivtsi – 1964, Riga) — mother
Solomon (Sali) Kassner (b. 1919, Chernivtsi) — sister
Yakov Bershadsky (b. 1947, Aktyubinsk region) — stepson