Sverdlin (Swerdlin) Natan (Nathan) (1903–2002) — lawyer.

Natan Sverdlin was born on 14 December 1903 in Vitebsk, into the family of a merchant. His father was Abram, his mother Rivka. His brother, Lev Sverdlin, was a sworn attorney.

From 1908, he lived in Riga. In 1915, during the First World War, the family became refugees and moved to Vitebsk, where he studied at the Alexandrov Gymnasium. In 1918, he returned to Riga.

After graduating from the V. Blum Secondary School in Riga in 1922, he initially studied natural sciences, and in 1923 began studying law at the University of Latvia, completing his studies in 1928.

In 1929–1930, he performed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army, serving in the Military Court administration as a senior clerk.

From 1 October 1930, he worked as an assistant to sworn attorney M. Shats in Riga; from 2 May 1935, as an assistant to sworn attorney D. Elyashev. From 10 October 1937, he was a sworn attorney in Riga.

During the Soviet occupation, from January 1941, he worked as a lawyer at the 4th Riga Legal Consultation Office. He also served as head of the Legal Department of the Central Council of Trade Unions (until February 1941).

In the summer of 1941, Natan Sverdlin was evacuated to Russia. He joined the Red Army and was demobilized in 1945. After the Second World War, he worked as a prosecutor in the Department of General Supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Latvian SSR. From 1949, he was a member of the Communist Party. In 1967, he retired.

In 1995, he emigrated to the United States, where he lived in California. He died on 7 November 2002 in Hinsdale, Massachusetts.

In 1939, he married Roza Shmitskoviche, daughter of a house owner; she was killed during the German occupation. He later remarried; his second wife’s name was Izabella.

Work:

Sodu likuma 509. pants (Article 509 of the Criminal Law). Riga, 1936.