Grinker Khoda Moiseyevna (1901)

Grinker (née Blekhman) Khoda (Hoda) Moiseyevna (11 June 1901, Liepāja) — seamstress and cutter.

Khoda Grinker was the daughter of Moisey Blekhman (1872, Ilūkste – 1918, Liepāja) and Gita Blekhman (1872, Sabile – 1962, Riga).

From 1908 to 1914, she studied at the Spern-Trotsky Gymnasium in Liepāja. Between 1914 and 1919, she attended Liepāja Secondary School. From 1920 to 1928, she worked as a seamstress at the Buman atelier in Liepāja. In 1928, she moved to Riga, where she was employed from 1930 to 1940 as a seamstress at the Babin atelier on Kalķu Street.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the village of Linevo in Stalingrad Oblast, where she worked in a local artel. She returned to Riga in 1946. In 1950, she was employed as a seamstress at the “Baltijas Modes” atelier. From 1955 to 1956, she worked at the “Tekstilshveijobuvtorg” enterprise. In 1970, she worked as a kiosk attendant for Soyuzpechat (the state press distribution network).

In her marriage to Ion Grinker (1896, Liepāja), she had two daughters: Sulamit Maizenberg (née Grinker) (1931, Riga) and Roza Feitelman (née Grinker) (1933, Riga).

During the Holocaust, her brothers Abram Blekhman (1905, Liepāja – 1941, Riga) and Samuil Blekhman (1909, Liepāja – 1941, Riga), as well as her sister Mina Blekhman (1907, Liepāja – 1941, Riga), perished.

Her sister Zelda Shtrump (née Blekhman) (1913, Liepāja) was living in New York in the 1970s. Her sister Ita-Mera Fridman (née Blekhman) (1903, Liepāja) was living in Israel in the same period.

In 1973, Khoda Grinker received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Ion Grinker (1896, Liepāja) — husband
Sulamit Maizenberg (née Grinker) (1931, Riga) — daughter
Roza Feitelshman (née Grinker) (1933, Riga) — daughter
Moisey Blekhman (1872, Ilūkste – 1918, Liepāja) — father
Gita Blekhman (1872, Sabile – 1962, Riga) — mother
Abram Blekhman (1905, Liepāja – 1941, Riga) — brother
Samuil Blekhman (1909, Liepāja – 1941, Riga) — brother
Mina Blekhman (1907, Liepāja – 1941, Riga) — sister
Zelda Shtrump (née Blekhman) (1913, Liepāja) — sister
Ita-Mera Fridman (née Blekhman) (1903, Liepāja) — sister