Lazar Berenzon

Lazar Izraelilewicz Bierenzon (Polish: Łazar Bierenzon; Russian: Лазарь Израилевич Берензон) he was born in 1898, died in 1956 in Moscow. Officer of the Soviet security authorities, major general.

Bierenzon was born in a middle-class Jewish family. After graduating from junior high school, he studied at the Law Department of the Moscow University. From April 25, 1918, he worked as an accountant-clerk in the NKVD of the RSFSR, from June 1 to September 1, 1919, he was the head of the Department of Finance of the NKVD of the RSFSR. In 1920, he was an inspector of operational and financial issues of the NKVD of the RSFSR. In 1921-1922 he was a deputy head of the Finance Department of the NKVD of the RSFSR, simultaneously from July 28, 1921, to July 10, 1934, head of the Finance Department of the Checka / OGPU of the USSR. From August 27, 1923, to December 1930, head of the Finance Department of the NKVD of the USSR. From July 10, 1934, to February 9, 1938, head of the Finance Department of the NKVD of the USSR. From May 15, 1936, in the rank of division officer. From February 9, 1938, to February 26, 1941, head of the Central Finance and Planning Department of the NKVD of the USSR. From August 19, 1940, to 1941, deputy head of the Gulag of the NKVD. From February 26, 1941, to April 1943, again the head of the Central Finance and Planning Department. From February 22, 1943, Major General of the Authorizing Service. From April 1943 to March 14, 1946 head of the Central Finance Department of the NKVD.