Azef Reiza Avseyevna (1930)

Azef (Aseff) (Aranovich, Karpukh) Reiza Avseyevna (born 2 December 1930, Riga) – Seamstress

Reiza Azef was the daughter of Avsey Aranovich (1902, Krāslava – 1976) and Sofya (Sheyna) Aranovich (née Dorfmann) (born 1903 [or 1906], Krāslava – 1947, Riga).

In 1941, Azef family was evacuated to Cheboksary in the Chuvash ASSR. In 1942, they moved to Cheremkhovo in the Irkutsk region, and in 1943, to Perm. In 1945, the family returned to Riga.

Between 1969 and 1979, Reiza Azef worked as a repair locksmith at military unit 36858 in Riga. From 1979 to 1988, she was a seamstress at the Rīgas Modes production facility. In 1988–1989, she worked as a cleaner at Latvijas Medtehnika. In 1990, she retired.

Reiza Azef was married to Gennady Karpukh (born 1929, Kaunas), with whom she had a son, Ilya Karpukh (born 1950, Krasnoyarka village, Ust-Trustan district, Krasnoyarsk Krai). Their marriage ended in divorce in 1954.

Her second marriage was to Ilya Azef (born 1927, Kherson), and they had a daughter, Tatyana Binunas (née Azef) (born 1957, Riga).

In 1979, Reiza Azef’s son Ilya Karpukh received permission to emigrate to Israel. He left Riga for Vienna and later settled in the United States. In 1990, Reiza Azef was granted permission to emigrate from Latvia.

Family:

    First husband: Gennady Karpukh (born 1929, Kaunas)

Son: Ilya Karpukh (born 1950, Krasnoyarka village, Krasnoyarsk Territory)

Second husband: Ilya Azef (born 1927, Kherson)

Daughter: Tatyana Binunas (née Azef) (born 1957, Riga)

Father: Avsey Aranovich (1902, Krāslava – 1976)
Mother: Sofya (Sheyna, Sonya) Aranovich (née Dorfman) (born 1903 [?], Krāslava – 1947, Riga)

Sister: Feiga (Faina) Kleimann (née Aranovich) (born 1926, Riga)

Sister: Gita Oschkaln (née Aranovich) (born 1928, Riga)

Brother: Girsh Aranovich (born 1933, Krāslava)

Sister: Leya Aranovich (1938–1941, Riga)