Blumenfeld Mirjama Khaimovna (1926)

Blumenfeld Mirjama Khaimovna (21.06.1926, Riga) — labourer.

Mirjama Blumenfeld was the daughter of Khaim Blumenfeld (1883, Tukums – 1942, Solikamsk) and Bella Blumenfeld (1890, Brest – 1952, Kansk).

She completed 8 years of education at the private Jewish school “Ezra” in Riga. In 1941, Mirjama, along with her parents, brother Isaak Blumenfeld (1923, Riga), and sister Matilda Blumenfeld (1930, Riga), was deported from Latvia. Her father had been a major property owner and operated a leather goods shop with an annual turnover exceeding 150,000 lats.

From 1941 to 1942, Mirjama Blumenfeld worked on a collective farm in the village of Permyakovo. In 1942, she was relocated to the Evenk National District, where she was involved in fishing work. During the winter of 1942, she suffered severe frostbite to her hands and feet.

From 1945 to 1946, she worked as a general labourer in the local industry of Tura, Evenk National District, Krasnoyarsk Krai.

From 1946 to 1947, she worked as a hatmaker in the “Sibiryak” artel in Kansk.

From 1947 to 1949, she was a factory worker at the Kansk Textile Plant.

In 1951, Mirjama Blumenfeld graduated from the Kansk Regional Library Technical School. However, she was unable to work in her field due to progressive hearing loss.

From 1952 to 1956, she worked as a cashier at a restricted facility at Reshety Station, Krasnoyarsk Krai (P.O. Box 235).

In 1957, Mirjama Blumenfeld moved back to Riga and until 1961, she worked at the Multi-Industry Plant.

From 1961 to 1963, she was a packer at the Riga Chemical Factory.

Since 1963, she worked as a storekeeper at the Riga Lighting Equipment Plant.

Mirjama Blumenfeld became a third-degree disabled person in 1963 and joined the Riga Society of the Deaf after losing her hearing that same year.

Mirjama was married to Ber Portnoy (1923, Daugavpils), they had a daughter, Bella Portnaya (1953, Krasnoyarsk Krai).

In 1971, Mirjama Blumenfeld received permission to emigrate to Israel upon the invitation of her mother’s sisters, Esfir Stok (1898, Brest) and Adelia Landau (…).

Ber Portnoy (1923, Daugavpils) — husband
Bella Portnaya (1953, Krasnoyarsk Krai) — daughter
Khaim Blumenfeld (1883, Tukums – 1942, Solikamsk) — father
Bella Blumenfeld (1890, Brest – 1952, Kansk) — mother
Isaak Blumenfeld (1923, Riga) — brother
Matilda Blumenfeld (1930, Riga) — sister
Esfir Stok (1898, Brest) — maternal aunt
Adelia Landau (…) — maternal aunt