Edeykina Mera Shlemovna (1897)

Edeykina (Fradkina) Mera Shlemovna (22.10.1897, Liepāja, Latvia) — homemaker. Born into the family of merchant Fradkin Shlema Vulfovich (1857, Korolyovets, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — 1911, Liepāja) and Fradkina Shifra Abramovna (1860, Konotop, Chernihiv Oblast — 1937, Riga). In 1914, the family moved to Kharkiv (Ukraine), where Mera graduated from secondary school (1917) and worked as a registrar at a military hospital (1918–20). Returning to Liepāja, she kept house (1920) and for a period went to Germany (1922–23). On 14 June 1941, together with her husband and children, she was deported as a member of a former proprietor's family to a special settlement in the Kargasok District, Tomsk Oblast. In 1954, she moved to Tomsk, and in 1957 to Riga. She was dependent on her daughter's husband, Kheifets Yakov Samuilovich (1918, Riga).

Note: According to a certificate from the senior OVIR inspector of the Latvian SSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, M. Zorina, dated 30.11.1970, Mera Shlemovna's husband, Edeykín Yakov Iosifovich, was a major industrialist — first co-owner (together with David Berlin), then sole owner of the “Latvelo” bicycle factory with an annual turnover of 1,600,000 lats, employing 200 hired workers. Edeykín Ya.I. was also a major property owner. According to this certificate, he was a member of the Zionist organisations “Keren Hayesod” and “Keren Kayemet.” He was shot in April 1942 as an enemy of the people. The former co-owner of the factory, D. Berlin, also died in the camp.

Her marriage to Edeykín Yakov Iosifovich (1890, Sabile — 1942, Tomsk Oblast) produced a daughter Kheifets (Edeykína) Solomeia Yakovlevna (1923, Berlin) and sons Edeykín Leon Yakovlevich (1927, Riga) and Edeykín Iosif Yakovlevich (1927, Riga).

In 1968, she petitioned for permission to emigrate to the USA, where her brothers had been living since 1910 — Fradkin Julius Shlemovich (1893, Konotop) and since 1913 — Fradkin Abram Shlemovich (1895, Konotop) — and her deceased husband's sister-in-law, Edeykína Vera Samuilovna (1905, Odessa) — but was refused.

In 1971, she received permission to emigrate to Israel, where a second cousin of her daughter's husband, Tsofnat (Kheifets) Lea (1916, Rēzekne), was living.

N. Voronova

Fradkin Shlema Vulfovich (1857–1911) — father
Fradkina Shifra Abramovna (1860–1937) — mother
Fradkin Julius Shlemovich (1893) — brother
Fradkin Abram Shlemovich (1895) — brother
Shub (Edeykína) Anna Shlemovna (1887, Konotop — killed by fascists in 1941, Riga) — sister
Edeykín Yakov Iosifovich (1890–1942) — husband
Kheifets (Edeykína) Solomeia Yakovlevna (1923) — daughter
Edeykín Leon Yakovlevich (1927) — son
Edeykín Iosif Yakovlevich (1927) — son