Koblenz Lazer (Laser) Lazarevich (b. 6 Oct 1918, Krustpils – ?) — supply officer.

Lazer Koblenz was born to Lazer Koblenz (1890, Krustpils – 1918, Krustpils) and Lea Koblenz (née —, 1890, Krustpils).

From 1934 to 1937, he worked as a metalworker in Blekhman’s mechanical workshop in Krustpils. In 1938, he worked as a metalworker in Kogan’s mechanical workshop in Riga, and from 1938 to 1939 as a salesman in Yoff’s shop in Riga. Between 1938 and 1941, he was again employed as a metalworker in Berman’s electrical fittings workshop.

In 1940, he served six months of active duty in the Latvian Army. In 1941, he began work as a metalworker at the Riga Kirov Industrial Combine, and in the autumn of that year moved to Stalinabad (now Dushanbe), where he worked in geological and aluminum exploration.

From 1941 to 1943, he served as a private in the Red Army. After being wounded and demobilized, he worked from 1944 to 1945 as a receiver at the chalk plant administration in Rybnitsa, Moldavian SSR.

Returning to Latvia in 1945, he worked until 1948 as warehouse manager and supply clerk in the Riga Oil and Fat Tobacco Trust. From 1948 to 1949, he was head of the supply department at the Central Mechanical Workshops of the same trust, and from 1949 to 1950, a metalworker at the “Rota” cosmetic factory.

Between 1950 and 1958, he served as chief of supplies at the Riga Glass Plant, and from 1959, as a foreman at the same factory.

He was married to Dora Koblenz (née Danzig) (b. 1921, Riga), a shop assistant.

They had two children: Cilia (Tsilya) Koblenz (b. 1946, Riga) and Rafael (Rafail) Koblenz (b. 1947, Riga).

Family:

Lazer Koblenz (1890, Krustpils – 1918, Krustpils) - father

Lea Koblenz (b. 1890, Krustpils) - mother

Dora Koblenz (Danzig) (b. 1921, Riga) - wife

Cilia (Tsilya) Koblenz (b. 1946, Riga) - daughter

Rafael (Rafail) Koblenz (b. 1947, Riga) - son