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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.

References

1. "Community_before_1940 - Eesti Juutide Arhiiv". muuseum.jewish.ee. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
2. American Hebrew and Jewish messenger. American Hebrew. 1 January 1937. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
3. "Jew Named to Estonia's Upper House for First Time". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 3 February 1937. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
4. Hiio, Toomas (2006). Estonia, 1940–1945: Reports of the Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity. Estonian Foundation for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity. p. 170. ISBN 9789949130405.

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