Valdshtein (Waldstein) Shmaryous (Schmarjous) (born 8 July 1907, Vecauce – date of death unknown) – educator.

Shmaryous Valdshtein graduated from the Private Jewish Gymnasium of Engineer J. Landau in Riga. From 1928, he studied at the Latvian Conservatory in the Piano Department under Associate Professor N. Karklina. He completed his studies on 25 May 1934, receiving the title of Freelance Artist.

Beginning with the 1932/33 academic year, he worked as a trainee teacher, teaching singing at the Riga Jewish Public Gymnasium and Primary School, at S. Gorfinkel’s Private Jewish Secondary and Primary School, and at the 7th Riga City Jewish Primary School. From autumn 1940, he taught at the 3rd Riga City Jewish Secondary School.

On 15 November 1940, he was certified by the Ministry of Education’s Assesment Commission as a fully qualified teacher with the right to teach singing and music in secondary schools with Russian and Jewish (Yiddish) as the language of instruction.

In 1941, Shmaryous Valdshtein was deported to the Riga Ghetto and later to the Stutthof concentration camp. He survived the Holocaust.

Archival source: Latvian State Historical Archive, F. 1632, op. 1, file 22582.