Novik (Nowik) Abram Leibovich (28 October 1910, Rēzekne (Rēzhitsa)) — scrap collector.
In 1922, Abram Novik completed four classes of a basic Jewish school in Rēzekne and left for the capital to seek employment. From 1922 to 1930, he worked as a delivery man at the Baran bakery in Riga. In 1930–1931, he undertook casual work in Rēzekne. From 1931 to 1932, he served in the Latvian Army as a private in the 8th Daugava Infantry Regiment. Between 1932 and 1940, he was employed as a delivery man at the Grinvald and Sekund bakery in Riga.
From 1940 to 1941, Abram Novik worked as a warder at NKVD Prison No. 1. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Caucasus, where he served as a prison guard in Tyrny-Auz. From 1942 to 1945, he was head of a grain warehouse at a state farm in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Between 1945 and 1950, he worked as a warder at a ZOLP (local imprisonment point (camp)) institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Latvian SSR in Riga.
From 1951 to 1952, he was a scrap collector at the Glavutylsyryo association. Between 1952 and 1955, he worked as a scrap collector at the Uzvara artel in Limbaži. From 1955 onwards, he was employed as a scrap collector at the Promprodukt artel in Riga; later he worked as a loader at a procurement office of the Latvian Consumers’ Union. In 1930–1931, he was a member of a Jewish Zionist party.
In his marriage to Elka Novik (née Katz) (1914, Kovnaty village, Rēzekne District), the following children were born: Ben-Ami Novik (1943, Vysotino village, Krasnoyarsk Krai), Tzvia Kozhemyakina (née Novik) (1946, Riga), Dveira Novik (1949, Riga), Karmila Novik (1936, Riga – 1941, Riga), Lea Novik (1937, Riga – 1941, Riga), and Amos Novik (1941, Riga – 1941, Riga). The elder children perished during the Holocaust.
Novik’s parents — Leiba Novik (1878, Rēzekne – 1953, Israel) and Khaya-Dveira Novik (1884, Rēzekne – 1948, Israel) — as well as his brothers and sisters Zev Novik (1900, Rēzekne), Dov Novik (1902, Rēzekne – 1952, Israel), Esif Novik (1916, Rēzekne), Zalman Novik (1920, Rēzekne), Lazer Novik (1925, Rēzekne), Manya Zalivyanskaya (née Novik) (1904, Rēzekne), and Nina Rafman (née Novik) (1906, Rēzekne), emigrated from Latvia to what is now the State of Israel in the 1920s–1930s.
In 1955, Abram Novik submitted his first application for permission to emigrate to Israel; it was granted only in 1971. In 1972, he was living in Ashkelon and working as a general labourer at a textile factory.
Family :
Elka Novik (née Katz) (1914, Kovnaty village, Rēzekne District) — wife
Ben-Ami Novik (1943, Vysotino village, Krasnoyarsk Krai) — son
Tzvia Kozhemyakina (née Novik) (1946, Riga) — daughter
Dveira Novik (1949, Riga) — daughter
Karmila Novik (1936, Riga – 1941, Riga) — daughter
Lea Novik (1937, Riga – 1941, Riga) — daughter
Amos Novik (1941, Riga – 1941, Riga) — daughter
Leiba Novik (1878, Rēzekne – 1953, Israel) — father
Khaya-Dveira Novik (1884, Rēzekne – 1948, Israel) — mother
Yury Novik (1909, Rēzekne – 1941, Riga) — brother
Zev Novik (1900, Rēzekne) — brother
Dov Novik (1902, Rēzekne – 1952, Israel) — brother
Esif Novik (1916, Rēzekne) — brother
Zalman Novik (1920, Rēzekne) — brother
Lazer Novik (1925, Rēzekne) — brother
Manya Zalivyanskaya (née Novik) (1904, Rēzekne) — sister
Nina Rafman (née Novik) (1906, Rēzekne) — sister