Klempmanis Khaim (Chaim) Yakovlevich (b. 1922, Riga) — manager.

Khaim Klempmanis graduated from Riga Jewish Secondary School No. 10 (“Ivrit”).

In 1938, he entered the Latvian People’s Evening University.

From 1938 to 1940, he worked as a clerk at the Riga First Small Crafts Bank.

In 1941, he volunteered for the Destruction Battalion of Riga’s Kirov District. Wounded in September, after recovery he was evacuated to Central Asia.

In 1941–42, he taught at a German-language school in Aurakhmet, South Kazakhstan region.

From 1942 to 1947, he served as group leader, deputy head, and head of the supply department at the Aurakhmet Feldspar Smelting Plant.

In 1947, Khaim Klempmanis returned to Riga and until 1961 worked at the Riga Electrical Engineering Plant (REZ) as group leader, deputy head of department, and director.

In 1961–62, he was head of the supply department at the Riga Instrument-Making Plant.

In 1962–63, he held the same position at the Kommunator Factory.

From 1963 to 1969, he worked as group leader of the Instrument Department at the Central Scientific and Technical Library of the Academy of Sciences (GNTB MA).

Since 1969, he was a technician in the “Veselība” Building Cooperative.

Awarded the Medal “For Valiant Labor During the Great Patriotic War.”

In his first marriage to Lidiya Kolesova (b. 1920, Kokand; divorced in 1960), he had a daughter — Ida Akhanova (née Klempmanis) (b. 1948, Riga).

In his second marriage to Maya (Radina) Klemppmanis (b. 1940, Berdyansk), he had two daughters — Dina (b. 1970, Riga) and Benina (b. 1976, Stommeln, FRG).

During the Holocaust, his parents — Yakov Klempmanis (b. 1900, Griva – d. 1941, Riga) and Dobbe Klempmanis (b. 1898, Velikiye Luki – d. 1941, Riga) — and his brother Mordukhai (b. 1927, Riga – d. 1941, Riga) were killed.

His brother Aleksandr Klempmanis (b. 1923, Riga) went missing during World War II.

In 1971, Khaim Klempmanis received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Shlomo Shaynovitser (b. 1921). After leaving Latvia, he changed his first name from Khaim to Harry. Later, he lived in West Germany and worked as a technical translator.

Lidiya Kolesova (b. 1920, Kokand) — first wife
Ida Akhanova (née Klempmanis) (b. 1948, Riga) — daughter
Maya (Radina) Klempmanis (b. 1940, Berdyansk) — second wife
Dina Klempmanis (b. 1970, Riga) — daughter
Benina Klempmanis (b. 1976, Stommeln, FRG) — daughter
Yakov Klempmanis (1900, Griva – 1941, Riga) — father
Dobbe Klempmanis (1898, Velikiye Luki – 1941, Riga) — mother
Mordukhai Klempmanis (1927, Riga – 1941, Riga) — brother
Aleksandr Klempmanis (1923, Riga – …) — brother
Shlomo Shaynovitser (b. 1921) — cousin