Barinbaum Gidon Hirshevich (1938)

Barinbaum Gidon Hirshevich (b. 10.11.1938, Riga) – driver.

Gidon Barinbaum was born into the family of Hirsh Lvovich Barinbaum (b. 1908, Riga) and Nekhama Tsalkovna Barinbaum (née Dolgitzer) (b. 1911, Riga).

During World War II, he was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto with his family (1941–1944).

Gidon Barinbaum graduated from Riga Secondary School for Working Youth No. 19 (1946–1957). For two years, from 1957 to 1959, he did not work and was financially dependent on his mother.

Work Experience

  • 1959–1969 – Apprentice tailor, later tailor at the "Silhouette" Production Association

  • 1969 – Driver at the Baltic Railway

  • 1969–1971 – Driver at the Riga Taxi Park

Emigration

In 1971, Gidon Barinbaum received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his uncle (mother’s cousin), Shmuel Ganor (b. 1905, Vitebsk, Belarus), was living.

Family Members:

  • Hirsh Lvovich Barinbaum (b. 1908) – father

  • [[en:people:barinbaum_nekhama|Nekhama Tsalkovna Barinbaum]] (née Dolgitzer) (b. 1911) – mother

  • Shmuel Ganor (b. 1905) – uncle