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Libesman Kheiman Gutmanovich (1888-1941)

Personal data
SurnameLibesman
NameKheiman
PatronymGutmanovich
Birth year1888
Birth month3
Birth day30
Birth placeRiga
Death year1941
Death placeRiga
SexM

Libesman (liebesmann) Kheiman (Cheiman) Gutmanovich (1888, Riga – 1941, Riga) — lawyer.

Kheiman Libesman was born on March 29, 1888, in Riga, to Gutman Libesman and Sara-Rebekka Libesman (née Klein). He received his secondary education in Riga. In 1912 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Leipzig University, and in 1914 he passed his final examinations at Kharkov University. He then worked as an assistant to the sworn attorney V. Kelpsh in Riga and, from 1916, also served as legal adviser to the commercial firm “J. Reiman and N. Kal.”

In 1917 he was evacuated to Petrograd, where he continued to practice law. In 1918 he went to Finland. In April 1920 he returned to Latvia. Beginning on May 17, 1920, he again served as assistant to the sworn attorney V. Kelpsh in Riga. In 1920–21 he performed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army, serving in the Legal Section of the Directorate of Military Communications of the Army of the Commander-in-Chief.

He was legal adviser to several enterprises, including: the Joint-Stock Company “L. and Ya. Hoff Jelgava Linen Manufactory,” the Joint-Stock Company “Baltic Paper-and-Cardboard Factory,” the Private Society of Railway Workers, the Riga International Bank, and the Joint-Stock Company “Planeta.” On February 22, 1928, he became a sworn attorney in Riga. He was a member of the Riga Russian Club and of the Russian Legal Society in Latvia.

Kheiman Libesman was killed in Riga during the German occupation in 1941.

He married Sonia Alperi (March 30, 1899 – 1941, Riga Ghetto). Their children were Viktor Libesman (December 22, 1928 – 1941, Riga Ghetto) and Renata-Augusta Libesman (August 13, 1933 – 1941, Riga Ghetto).