Tsimerman Lazar Tsalelovich (6.06.1944, Kurgan-Tyube, Tajik SSR) – teacher, musician. Born into the family of photographer Tsimerman Tsalel Yakovlevich (1919, Dvinsk, today – Daugavpils – 1980, Munich, FRG) and worker Tsimerman (née Zakhodina) Lyuba Lazarevna (1919, Dvinsk). Returning to Latvia from evacuation, the family lived in Daugavpils, where he first completed the local 7-year general education and music schools (1957), then the Daugavpils Music College (1961), enrolled at the Latvian State Conservatory (1961), served in the Soviet Army (1963—1965, Kaliningrad, military musician; 1965—1966, musician of the Baltic Military District Ensemble, Riga). After demobilization he worked as a piano teacher and concertmaster at the Daugavpils Music College (1966—1968), and completed the Latvian State Conservatory by correspondence (1967). Moving to Riga, he was a solo instrumentalist at the Latvian State Philharmonic (1968—1970), and worked as concertmaster at the operetta theater (1970—1973).

In his marriage to Tsimerman (née Raskina) Khana Ruvinovna (1944, Katav-Ivanovsky, Chelyabinsk Region), daughter Tsimerman Irina Lazarevna (1966, Daugavpils) was born.

In 1973 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1971 his uncle (his father's brother) Tsimmerman Ruvin Yankelevich (1923, Dvinsk) had been living. He later moved to West Germany.

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Tsimerman Tsalel Yakovlevich (1919—1980) – father
Tsimerman (née Zakhodina) Lyuba Lazarevna (1919) – mother
Nashatyr (née Tsimerman) Dora Tsalevna (1948, Daugavpils) – sister
Tsimerman (née Raskina) Khana Ruvinovna (1944) – wife
Tsimerman Irina Lazarevna (1966) – daughter
Tsimmerman Ruvin Yankelevich (1923) – uncle