| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Aron |
| Name | Samuil |
| Patronym | Fayvishovich |
| Birth year | 1888 |
| Birth month | 2 |
| Birth day | 14 |
| Birth place | Rezekne |
| Death year | 1973 |
| Death place | Israel |
| Sex | M |
Aron Samuil Fayvishovich (14.02.1888, Rezekne – 1973, Israel)
Merchant.
Family Background
Son of Fayvish Aron (… – 1939, Riga) and Rachil Aron (née Mironowitsch) (… – 1909, Riga).
Education and Early Career
• Completed two years of primary school.
• 1901–1906 – Worked as a laborer at a firewood depot in Drissa, Vitebsk Governorate.
• 1906 – Moved to Riga, worked at Klein’s timber company until 1913.
• 1914–1918 – Served in the Imperial Russian Army, in the 242nd Sedlitz Regiment.
Business and Repression
• 1919 – Opened a fruit shop at 4 Kramu Street, Riga.
• 1941 – Repressed as a merchant and exiled to Krasnoyarsk Krai.
• 1942–1943 – Worked at the Igarka wood processing plant.
• 1944–1948 – Accountant and quality inspector at the Igarka branch of Norilsnab.
• 1948 – Returned to Riga.
• 1949 – Worked as a laborer at the warehouse of the Riga Wood Processing Plant.
• 1950–1951 – Warehouse clerk at the Riga Carriage Works.
• 1951 – Deported again to Krasnoyarsk Krai.
• 1951–1952 – Store manager at ORS in the Dalny-Mostovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
• 1953–1957 – Warehouse manager at the Dalny-Mostovsky Chemwood Farm.
• 1957 – Released from special settlement status and returned to Latvia.
• From 1957 – Retired.
Family and Holocaust Tragedy
Married to Feiga Aron (1888, Polotsk – 1972, Riga). Their daughters:
• Rachil Zimmerman (née Aron) (1921, Riga)
• Scheina Rabinowitsch (née Aron) (1925, Riga)
His siblings:
• Meyer Aron (…, Rezekne – 1940, Riga) – died before WWII.
• Mikhal Aron (…, Rezekne – 1941, Riga) – perished in the Holocaust.
• Reveka Zahodnik (née Aron) (…, Rezekne – 1941, Riga) – perished in the Holocaust.
In 1972, he emigrated to Israel at the invitation of his daughterScheina.