Gdud Isaak Meerovich (1923)

Gdud (Gduds) Isaak Meerovich (b. 21 April 1923, Riga) – labourer.

In 1936, Isaak Gdud completed six years of study at the Riga City Jewish School. From 1936 to 1941, he worked at the Modern chemical factory in Riga.

In 1941, Isaak and his family – his parents, brother, and sisters – were imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto. In 1944, he was deported from the Mežaparks concentration camp to the Stutthof concentration camp in Germany. He returned to Riga in July 1945.

From 1945 to 1973, Isaak Gdud worked as a crane operator in the foundry department of the Riga Wagon Engineering Plant. He was awarded the medal For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin.

He was married to Feiga Gdud (née Blums, b. 1921, Bauska), with whom he had two daughters: Meriya Grinman (née Gdud, b. 1947) and Raya Gdud (b. 1951, Riga).

Isaak’s parents, Meyer Gdud (1892–1941, Riga) and Chaya Gdud (née Vanyunskaya, 1895–1941, Riga), along with his siblings Rakhil (b. 1924), Pesya (b. 1925), and Abram (b. 1932), were all killed during the Holocaust in 1941.

Family:

Feiga Bentzovna Gdud (née Blums, b. 1921, Bauska) – wife
Meriya Grinman (née Gdud, b. 1947) – daughter
Raya Gdud (b. 1951, Riga) – daughter
Meyer Gdud (1892–1941, Riga) – father
Chaya Gdud (née Vanyunskaya, 1895–1941, Riga) – mother
Abram Gdud (b. 1932 – d. 1941, Riga) – brother
Rakhil Gdud (b. 1924 – d. 1941, Riga) – sister
Pesya Gdud (b. 1925 – d. 1941, Riga) – sister