Levin­shtam Sholom (born 17 April 1914, Livany — died 1942)

Levin­shtam (Lewinstam) Sholom (Scholom) was born on 17 April 1914 in Livany to a merchant’s family; his father was Elye and his mother Beila.

Sholom Levin­shtam completed the Livany primary school. In 1928 he entered the Riga Municipal Jewish Gymnasium and, after graduating in 1932, studied law at the University of Latvia, completing his degree in 1937. During his studies he worked as a private tutor.

In 1937–1938 he performed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army, serving in the 4th Valmiera Infantry Regiment. Beginning in January 1940 he worked as a legal adviser and foreign-language correspondent at the transport joint-stock company Baltrustra.

From 1928 he was active in the youth group of the Vinchevsky Club, and from the end of 1934 he participated in the illegal Riga organisation of MOPR (International Organisation for Aid to Revolution Fighters), serving as cell technician and district propagandist.

From summer 1940 until 1941 he served as state commissioner of the Baltrustra joint-stock transport company. At the beginning of the Soviet occupation in summer 1940 he became a member of the Riga 8th District Committee of MOPR and head of the Propaganda Department of its Central Committee.

From 28 August 1940 he worked as assistant to attorney I. Jakobsone in Riga and began studies in economics at the University of Latvia. On 15 March 1941 he withdrew from the Bar Association. He worked at the Council of People’s Commissars of the Latvian SSR.

Sholom Levin­shtam was killed during the German occupation in 1942.