Levin (Lewin) Khaim (CHaim) Movshevich (25.10.1904, Varaklyany) — watchmaker.
In 1917–22 Khaim Levin was an apprentice to a watchmaker, and in 1922–25 worked as a hired watchmaker in Varaklyany. In 1925–26 he served in the army (6th Infantry Regiment, soldier) in Riga. In 1927–41 he worked as a watchmaker in Varaklyany.
At the beginning of the war he evacuated to the Mari ASSR, where in 1941–42 he worked on a collective farm in the Sernursky District. In 1942 he served in the Red Army (soldier), but was later declared unfit for service due to a hand injury. In 1942–45 he returned to the collective farm in Sernursky District, where he worked as a guard.
In 1945 he moved with his family to Riga. He worked as a watchmaker in the disabled workers’ cooperatives: “Raznoprom” (1945–47) and “Bytovik” (1947–59), and in 1959–62 at the household services department of the RMZ Darbs. In 1959 he traveled to Legnica (Poland).
On 31.07.1962 he was charged in connection with the Darbs factory case. On 19.02.1964 he was sentenced by the Supreme Court of the Latvian SSR to four years’ imprisonment under Article 165 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR for mediating a bribe. After the Presidium of the Supreme Court reviewed the Darbs case, he was released from ITK-2 on 06.11.1965. That same year he returned to work as a watchmaker at the RMZ Darbs household services department.
In 1959 he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel for permanent residence.
Khaim Levin was awarded the medals “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (1945) and “For Courage” (1951).
In 1922 he married Khaia-Merke Avseevna Levin (née Brozgol). The marriage produced two sons and a daughter:
Aron Khaimovich Levin (01.01.1933, Varaklyany — (?)) — engineer at the Autoelectropribor plant in Riga.
Monus Khaimovich Levin (08.04.1938, Varaklyany — (?)) — senior engineer at the Ministry of Local Industry SKHTKB in Riga.
Ella Khaimovna Zegerson (née Levin) (27.08.1927, Varaklyany — (?)) — in 1958 moved to Poland with her husband, M. Ya. Zegerson (carpenter), and daughter B. M. Zegerson; in 1960 the family emigrated to Israel.
Parents:
Movsha Isakovich Levin (1850, Rositten (Rezekne) — 1937, Rezekne) — cab driver.
Bluma Yudelevna Levin (1876, Rositten (Rezekne) — 1941, Rezekne).
Siblings:
Shevtel Movshevich Levin (1914, Rezhitsa (Rezekne) — (?)) — mechanic at a children’s toy factory in Riga.
Dvoira Movshevna Levin (1906, Rezhitsa (Rezekne) — 1941, Riga).
Mikhla Movshevna Kagan (1908, Rezhitsa (Rezekne) — 1941, Vilyaka).