Vainer (Weiner) Lev Alsherovich (15 April 1911, Riga) — shoe upper preparer.

Lev Vainer completed three years of primary school. From 1929 to 1941, he worked as a shoe upper preparer in the workshops of Atlas, Shapiro, and Suritz. In 1941, he was evacuated to the town of Khalturin, Kirov Region. From 1942 to 1943, he served as a private in the labour army. Between 1943 and 1945, he worked at the Gorky sawmill. In 1945, he returned to Riga, and until 1948 he worked at the “Udarņik” sawmill. From 1948 to 1971, he was employed as a shoe upper preparer at various enterprises, including the “Pioner” factory, the artels “Spars” and “Nākotne”, “Rīgas Apavnieks”, the “Dinamo” factory, and the Riga Footwear Combine (later renamed the “Ērglis” factory).

From his marriage to Rakhil Vainer (née Kremer) (1909, Griva), he had three daughters:

Frida Zakman (née Vainer) (1938, Riga), Mina Porez (née Vayner) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl Region), Faina Vainer (1949, Riga).

During the Holocaust, Vainer's parents perished: Faina Vainer (1889, Plavinas – 1941 (?)) and Alter Vainer (1885 – 1941 (?))

His brother, Hertz Vainer (1908, Riga), lived and worked in Kazan in the postwar years.

His sister, Sonya Unterschlag (née Vainer) (1914, Riga), was living in Riga in the 1970s.

In 1971, Lev Vainer received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his wife's sister, Sonya Buchbinder (1911, Griva).

Family:

Rakhil Vainer (née Kremer) (1909, Griva) — wife
Frida Zakman (née Vainer) (1938, Riga) — daughter
Mina Porez (née Vainer) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl Region) — daughter
Faina Vainer (1949, Riga) — daughter
Faina Vainer (1889–1941 (?)) — mother
Alter Vainer (1885–1941 (?)) — father
Hertz Vainer (1908, Riga) — brother
Sonya Unterschlag (née Vainer) (1914, Riga) — sister
Sonya Buchbinder (1911, Griva) — sister-in-law (wife’s sister)

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