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Vaserman Aizik Berkovich (1938)

Personal data
SurnameVaserman
NameAizik
PatronymBerkovich
Birth year1938
Birth month6
Birth day4
Birth placeJēkabpils
SexM

Vaserman (Wassermann) Aizik Berkovich (born 4 June 1938, Jēkabpils) – electrical engineer.

Aizik Vaserman received a higher education degree. During the Second World War, he was evacuated with his parents to Tashkent. In 1945, the family returned to Jēkabpils, where he attended Russian Secondary School No. 2.

After graduating in 1955, he entered the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute. From July 1961, he led a group within the Riga branch of the Teploelektroproyekt Institute under the Ministry of Energy in Riga.

In 1971, he emigrated with his family to Netanya, Israel, where he worked as an engineer at a portal crane manufacturing plant. He held a military reserve rank of Junior Engineer-Lieutenant.

In 1968, he married Asya Beniaminovna Vaserman (née Fain). They had one daughter, Etel Aizikovna Vaserman (b. 1970, Riga – date of death unknown).

Father: Berka Aronovich Vaserman

Mother: Riva Mendelevna Vasermanis (née Godina; known as Vaserman until 1976)

Brother: Mark Berkovich Vaserman (b. 9 September 1946, Jēkabpils – date unknown), an engineer at the Gipronikel Institute in Leningrad

Sister: Zara-Beila Berkovna Popova (née Vaserman)

Uncle: Aron Lvovich Mendelson (b. 1906 – date unknown)
Aunt: Sofya Mendeleyevna Mendelson (b. 1908, Jēkabpils – date unknown)
Cousin: Mikhel Aronovich Mendelson (b. 1936, Riga – date unknown), dentist

His uncle, aunt, and cousin resided in Israel.