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Levenstam Alexander Markusovich (1886-1941)

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SurnameLevenstam
NameAlexander
PatronymMarkusovich
Birth year1886
Birth month11
Birth day12
Birth placeRiga
Death year1941
Death placeRiga
SexM

Levenstam (Lewenstamm) Alexander Markusovich (12 November 1886, Riga — 1941, Riga) — educator.

In 1913 Alexander Levenshtam graduated from the Mechanical Department of the Riga Polytechnic Institute with a diploma of engineer-technologist. He knew classical and European languages, as well as Yiddish and Hebrew.

From 1923 he served as director of the Daugavpils Jewish Vocational School, where he taught technical drawing, mechanics, electrical engineering, radio engineering, and technology. From August 1927 he began teaching at the Riga Jewish Vocational School. In 1927–40 he was director and teacher at the Jewish Private Secondary and Primary School and kindergarten Ezra.

In September 1940 he received permission to work as an external (non-staff) teacher at Riga Secondary School No. 10.

His wife was Raisa Katsen; his son, Mikhail, was born in 1924.

In 1941 Alexander Levenshtam was murdered in the Central Prison of Riga.

Archival source: Latvian State Historical Archive, F. 1632, inventory 1, file 12394.