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Heinrich Gutkin
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| Born | 13 June 1879 Tallinn, Kreis Harrien, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
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| Died | 11 October 1941 Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | trader, Estonian National Assembly member |
Heinrich Gutkin (13 June 1879, in Tallinn – 11 October 1941, in Sverdlovsk Oblast) was a trader and the Estonian National Assembly member.
Heinrich Gutkin was a chairman of the Jewish Union Bank in Tallinn, a clothing store owner and a founding member of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1925 to 1937. He also a chairman of the Jewish Cultural Self-Administration Office. On February 3, 1937 he was appointed to the and served as a representative of the Upper Chamber of the National Parliament. It was the first time that a Jew was appointed to the upper house.
Gutkin was arrested by Soviet security services on 14 June 1941, his property confiscated and was deported to a prison camp in the Soviet Union, where he subsequently died.
