Feigin Nakhman Berovich (1903)

Feigin Nakhman (Nachman) Berovich (7 June 1903, Daugavpils) — supply manager.

Nakhman Feigin was the son of Ber Feigin (1870, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) and Sofia Feigina (née Levitas) (1871, Jēkabpils — 1938, Daugavpils).

In 1920, he graduated from secondary school in Daugavpils. In 1922, he moved to Riga. From 1922 to 1935, he worked as a senior salesman at the knitting enterprise “Sport and Progress.” From 1935 to 1940, he was the manager of a nail and wire factory. In 1940–1941, he served as director of the knitwear factory “Centība.”

In 1941, he was evacuated to the town of Khalturin (Kirov region), where until 1942 he worked as a storekeeper at a local industrial combine. In 1942, he worked as an agent and goods expert at Factory No. 32 in Khalturin. From 1942 to 1944, he was mobilized into the Soviet Army.

In 1944, he worked as a supply agent at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow. That same year, he returned to Riga, where until 1946 he worked as head of the transport and warehouse department of Latsnabsbyt.

In 1946–1947, he was deputy head of a workshop at the Riga Electromor Trust. In 1947–1948, he was head of the supply department at the Riga Penicillin Plant. From 1948 to 1969, he worked as head of supply and sales departments in the meat industry trust, the “Kalvis” artel, Latbumtrust, the “Metallist” artel, and the “Elektra” factory.

He was married to Basheva Feigina (née Tankel) (1907, Žagarė). They had a son, Ilya Feigin (1946, Riga).

During the Holocaust, his father and sisters — Sonya Feigina (1906, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) and Anna Manasevich (née Feigina) (1908, Daugavpils — 1941, Riga) — were murdered.

His brother, Solomon Feigin (1905, Daugavpils — …, Argentina), emigrated from Latvia before the outbreak of World War II and died in the 1950s.

In 1980, Nakhman Feigin received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his wife’s sister, Khasya Mogilevskaya (née Tankel) (1902, Žagarė), who had emigrated to Palestine in 1925.

Family :

Basheva Feigina (née Tankel) (1907) — wife
Ilya Feigin (1946) — son
Ber Feigin (1870–1941) — father
Sofya Feigina (née Levitas) (1871–1938) — mother
Solomon Feigin (1905–…) — brother
Sonya Feigina (1906–1941) — sister
Anna Manasevich (née Feigina) (1908–1941) — sister
Khasya Mogilevskaya (née Tankel) (1902) — sister-in-law