Berman Gita (1930)

Berman (née Dvorkina) Gita Ilyinichna Berman (27 December 1930, Riga) – worker.

Gita Berman was born into the family of Ilya Markovich Dvorkin (b. 1909, Riga) and Maria Fyodorovna Dvorkina (née Malevich) (b. 1908, Riga). She attended Riga Jewish School No. 9 from 1938 to 1941. In 1941, along with her father and brother, she was placed in the Riga Ghetto. Before the mass executions at the end of 1941, their mother managed to rescue the children.

After the liberation of Riga, she studied at Secondary School No. 58 but did not graduate. She worked at Tobacco Factories No. 2 and No. 1 (1947–1949), as a worker at the Somdaris leather goods factory (1949–1950), the Rosiba furniture artel (1950–1954), and the Rīgas Mēbelnieks factory (1954–1959). She later worked as an assistant buffet worker at the Staburags restaurant (1960–1961), in 1961 - 1963 she was a homemaker, then worked as a buffet worker in Canteen No. 15 (1963), as a waitress at Flora café (1963–1964), and as a buffet worker at Staburags restaurant (1964–1971).

Gita’s first husband was Alexey Patrikeevich Klimov (b. 1928, Riga). Their daughter, Tamara Alekseevna Groysman (née Klimova), was born in 1948 in Riga. The marriage was dissolved in 1955.

Her second marriage was to Simanis Davidovich Berman (b. 1925, Riga). Their daughter, Rayana Simanovna Berman, was born in 1962 in Riga.

In 1971, Gita Berman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her husband’s brother, Robert Davidovich Berman (b. 1927, Riga), and her husband’s cousin, Leizer Rafaelovich Frumak (b. 1918, Riga), had been living since the spring of 1971.

Family Members:

Ilya Markovich Dvorkin (b. 1909) – father
Maria Fyodorovna Dvorkina (née Malevich) (b. 1908) – mother
Vladimir Ilyich Dvorkin (b. 1932, Riga) – brother
Alexey Patrikeevich Klimov (b. 1928) – first husband
Tamara Alekseevna Groysman (née Klimova) (b. 1948, Riga) – daughter from first marriage
Simanis Davidovich Berman (b. 1925) – second husband
Rayana Simanovna Berman (b. 1962, Riga) – daughter from second marriage
Robert Davidovich Berman (b. 1927, Riga) – husband’s brother
Leizer Rafaelovich Frumak (b. 1918, Riga) – husband’s cousin