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| Surname | Khozias |
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| Name | Beola |
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| Patronym | Yankelevna |
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| Birth year | 1940 |
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| Birth month | 1 |
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| Birth day | 2 |
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| birth_place | Jēkabpils |
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Wittenberg Yakov (1874-1941)
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| surname | Wittenberg |
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| name | Yakov |
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| birth_year | 1874 |
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| birth_month | 11 |
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| birth_day | 14 |
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| birth_place | Dvinsk |
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| death_year | 1941 |
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| death_place | Daugavpils |
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Wittenberg Yakov (Jakov) (14 November 1874, Dvinsk – 1941, Daugavpils) – economist, entrepreneur, and public figure.
Yakov Wittenberg was born into the family of a prominent businessman and merchant, he completed his secondary education at a gymnasium in Kyiv. From 1898 to 1901, he studied in the Economics Department of the Riga Polytechnic Institute, earning a doctorate in commercial science.
Between 1901 and 1905, he managed the iron goods warehouse of the “D. D. Wittenberg” company in St Petersburg. From 1905 to 1910, he headed the representative office of the Maltsev Plants Joint-Stock Company at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. Between 1910 and 1917, he served as a board member of the Fourth Mutual Credit Society and worked with various insurance companies. He was employed at the Central Administration of the Red Cross in Petrograd and was one of the founders of a hospital beyond the Moscow Gate.
From 1918 to 1925, Yakov Wittenberg worked in the Murmansk Iron and Leather Trusts. In 1925, he settled in Riga and became a board member of the Belgian-Baltic Society in Brussels. From 1928 to 1930, he was the founder and vice-chairman of the Mutual Credit Society for the Latvian textile industry.
From 1931, he lectured on commercial correspondence at the Riga Commercial Institute. A prolific publicist, he published in the journal Akhdut (“Unity”) and the newspapers Jewish Tribune and Dvinsk Voice. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Jewish Progressive Union.
Between 1928 and 1932, he was a founding member and board member of the Latvian Economic Society. A vocal opponent of both communism and national socialism, Wittenberg advocated for the cooperation of all nationalities in Latvia “in the building of the homeland.”
Yakov Wittenberg was one of the largest property owners in Daugavpils and a staunch defender of landlords' interests. He served as vice-chairman of the Council of Elders of the Daugavpils City Club. Involved in export-import operations, he was also an active member of numerous charitable organisations.