Bach Revekka Abramovna (1908)

Bach (Bakh) (née Oboler) Revekka Abramovna (b. 08.07.1908, Daugavpils) – nurse.

Education and Early Career

  • 1927 – Graduated from the Russian Gymnasium in Daugavpils.

  • 1928 – Moved to Riga.

  • 1928–1931 – Student at the Riga School of Nursing.

  • 1931–1940 – Nurse at Bikur Holim Hospital.

  • 1940–1941 – Nurse at Riga’s 6th Polyclinic.

World War II and Political Repression

In 1941 Revekka Bach was evacuated to Pokurli, Saratov Region, where she worked as a nurse in a children's home.

In August 1942 she was sentenced by the Special Council to 5 years of imprisonment. During 1942–1946 Revekka Bach was incarcerated in Novo-Ivanovo, Kemerovo Region. He case was closed in 1958.

Post-War Career

  • 1946 – Returned to Riga, worked as a nurse at Tukums District Hospital until 1949.

  • 1949–1952 – Nurse in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Region.

  • 1952–1958 – Nurse in Moshukovka, Tayseyevsky District, Krasnoyarsk Region.

  • 1960–1963 – Nurse at the Riga Tuberculosis Dispensary.

  • From 1963 – Retired.

Family and Emigration

Revekka Bach was married to Moisei Bakh (b. 1908, Rezekne – d. 1962, Riga).

Her parents and several siblings perished in the Holocaust:

  • Father: Abram Oboler (d. 1941, Daugavpils)

  • Mother: Leia Oboler (d. 1941, Daugavpils)

  • Sister: Berta Oboler (married name: Ioffe) (d. 1941, Daugavpils)

  • Brother: Samuil Oboler (d. 1941, Riga)

Her other siblings emigrated abroad:

  • Brother: Lazar Oboler – lived in the USA since 1922.

  • Brother: Max Oboler – emigrated to Africa in 1931, later owned a jewellery workshop in Cape Town in the 1960s.

  • Brothers: Martin Oboler, Karl Oboler, and Sister: Sonya Oboler (married name: Eventok) – emigrated to the USA in the 1920s.

In 1963, Revekka Bach received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s sister, Doba Khanuina (née Bakh).

Family Members

  • Moisei Bakh (1908–1962) – husband

  • Abram Oboler (d. 1941, Daugavpils) – father

  • Leia Oboler (d. 1941, Daugavpils) – mother

  • Lazar Oboler – brother

  • Max Oboler – brother

  • Martin Oboler – brother

  • Karl Oboler – brother

  • Sonya Eventok (née Oboler) – sister

  • Berta Ioffe (née Oboler) (d. 1941, Daugavpils) – sister

  • Samuil Oboler (d. 1941, Riga) – brother

  • Doba Khanuina (née Bakh) – sister-in-law