Wasserman (Wassermann, Vasserman) Leib (Leon) (born 1909, Riga — date and place of death unknown) — lawyer.

From a young age, Leib Wasserman was an activist in HaHalutz HaTzair and a board member of the Gordonia movement in Latvia. He was involved in fundraising and recruiting individuals for the establishment of Kibbutz Mishmarot in Israel. He studied law and economics (institution unknown).

At the start of World War II, he fled with his family to the Soviet Union. He practised law in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. In 1942, he attempted to cross the Turkish border but was forced to return due to the illness of one of his companions. He was arrested and sentenced by the Special Council (OSO) to three years of imprisonment (grounds and date of sentencing unknown). He served his sentence in the Norilsk ITL (corrective labour camp).

After his release, he was only able to obtain an exit permit in 1971, at which point he emigrated to Israel.

Source: Prisoners of Zion – POZ-42