Krumer Abram (Avrum) Mendelovich (b. 11 April 1914, Riga) — hairdresser.

Abram Krumer completed four grades of elementary school in Riga in 1927. From 1932 to 1939, he worked as a men’s hairdresser in a private salon in Riga. During the war, he served at the front with the 201st Latvian Division.

In 1939–1940, he served as a private in the Latvian Army in Daugavpils, and in 1940–1941 as a private in the Soviet Army, also in Daugavpils. From 1941 to 1942, he served in the Soviet Army; near Naro-Fominsk he was seriously wounded and thereafter classified as a Second Group Disabled war veteran. In 1942, he was discharged for health reasons and lived in Samarkand.

In 1945, he returned to Riga, where from 1945 to 1967 he worked as a hairdresser for the industrial combine of Voentorg and at the salon “Laimdota.” From 1967 to 1970, he was retired, and from 1970 onward he worked as a cloakroom attendant at the men’s salon No. 92 “Laimdota.”

In 1979, Abram Krumer applied for permission to emigrate to Israel with his family.

He was awarded several medals: For Victory over Germany, 20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, and Veteran of Labor.

In 1945, he married Hana Ezrovna Krumer (née Khazan).

They had two children: Basya Abramovna Kotlechkova (née Krumer) and Ezra Abramovich Krumer.

Family:

Hana Ezrovna Krumer (née Khazan) — wife
Basya Abramovna Kotlechkova (née Krumer) — daughter
Ezra Abramovich Krumer — son
Mendel Shlemovich Krumer (1891–1941, Riga) — father, tailor
Basya Semenovna Krumer (née Tsoviyas) (b. 1896, Mitava [Jelgava] – d. 1941, Riga) — mother, seamstress
Vikhna Mendelevna Krumer (b. 1917, Riga – d. 1941, Riga) — sister
Sheina Mendelevna Krumer (b. 1924, Riga – d. ?, Riga) — sister

All members of Abram Krumer’s family were murdered by the Nazis.