Shlifshteyn Gutman (unknown – 1966) – began his working life in 1923 in Krāslava, working as a tailor. From 1928 he began taking part in the revolutionary movement, first in the Komsomol and then in the underground Communist Party of Latvia. He distributed illegal leaflets and proclamations. After moving to Riga he continued his underground revolutionary activity and was elected to the Komsomol district committee of Riga. For his revolutionary activity he was repeatedly arrested and tried three times. In 1938 his son Beno was born. From 1940 to 1941 he worked as political instructor of the 2nd police precinct of Riga. With the start of the Great Patriotic War he went to the front, served as battery commissar, and took part in fighting on various fronts. For his military service he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and 5 medals. From 1946 to 1959 he worked in Latvia's light industry system: as an engineer at a combine, technical manager of an artel, workshop head, and cutter. He died in 1966.

A. Baranovsky