Markh Lev Abramovich (3 August 1933, the town of Shchors, Chernihiv Oblast) — barber.

Lev Markh was the son of Abram Markh (1893, Chernihiv Oblast — 1942) and Khasya Markh (née Keit) (1900, Preili). At the beginning of the war he was evacuated from Shchors to Stalingrad Oblast and later transferred to the city of Semipalatinsk. His father was drafted into the Red Army and was killed on the fronts of the Second World War. In 1945 Lev Markh moved to Chernihiv; in 1951–54 he lived in Kharkiv. In 1951–52 he was a trainee cutter at a shoe factory in Kharkiv. In 1954–59 he worked as a cutter at the Riga shoe artel. In 1959–61 he was a cutter at the “1st of May” factory. In 1962 he was a trainee men’s barber at the Hairdressing Services Office. In 1962–63 he worked as a cutter at a leather and haberdashery factory. In 1963 he was a loader–expeditor at the buffet of Riga-2 railway station. In 1963–65 he worked as a loader–expeditor at the enterprise Glavavtodorsnab. In 1965–80 he was a men’s barber at Hairdressing Salon No. 155 of the “Laimdota” combine.

In marriage with Ida Lapkova (1933, Rostov-on-Don) a son, Arkady Markh (1959, Riga), was born. Lev Markh adopted his wife’s son, Zelik Markh. His mother’s brother, Franks Keit-Stewart (1897, Preili), emigrated from Latvia in the 1930s to the territory of the present-day State of Israel. In 1980 Lev Markh received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Ida Lapkova (1933, Rostov-on-Don) — wife
Zelik Markh (1954, Riga) — son
Arkady Markh (1959, Riga) — son
Abram Markh (1893, Chernihiv Oblast — 1942) — father
Khasya Markh (née Keit) (1900, Preili) — mother
Tsalya Markh (1926, Chernihiv Oblast) — brother
Franks Keit-Stewart (1897, Preili) — mother’s brother