Herman Tauba Abramovna (1919)

Herman (Hermann, German) (née Trubkina) Tauba Abramovna (b. 5 February 1919, Dagda) – Lawyer.

Tauba Herman was born to Trubkin Abram Zusmanovich (b. 1892, Daugavpils – d. 1966, Riga) and Trubkina Elka Zelikovna (b. 1889, Dagda – d. 1965, Riga). Completed primary school in Dagda in 1932 and Daugavpils City Gymnasium in 1937. Worked as an apprentice at the pharmacy of Prov. Gurvich (1937–1938, Daugavpils), gave private lessons (1938–1939, Riga), and worked as a pharmacy apprentice under Prov. Gordon (1939–1940, Dagda) and Prov. Kreslins (1940, Riga). Studied at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Latvia (1940–1941).

In 1941 Tauba Herman was evacuated to the Talas Region of the Kirghiz SSR, where she worked on a kolkhoz and then in a library, before moving to join her mother in Yangi-Yul, Uzbek SSR. There she worked as a kindergarten teacher (1942–1943) and as a factory worker at an oil plant (1943–1945). After returning to Riga, she was employed as an inspector at the Children’s Room of the Riga Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1945–1953), translator in the personnel department of the Riga Commercial Seaport (1953–1954), and worker at the “Razhotaīs” Artel (1954–1956).

While working, she completed a degree at the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia (1958). Worked under contract as a typist at the Central State Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Latvian SSR (1958–1960), then as a secretary-typist at the KMIT of Baltmorstroy (1961–1965), a legal advisor at the firm “Rīgas Tekstils” (1965–1966), and later at the “Pirmais Mais” Production Association (1966).

Married to Herman Bentsion Khaimovich (b. 1914, Dagda – killed in action in 1945 during the Second World War, or reported missing in the same year, according to other sources), with whom she had a son, Herman Mikhail Bentsionovich (b. 1941, Saratov).

In 1971, Tauba Herman was granted permission to emigrate to Israel, where her sister, Zinaida Abramovna Weiler (née Trubkina; b. 1921, Dagda), had been residing since 1969.

Family:

Trubkin Abram Zusmanovich (1892–1966) – father
Trubkina Elka Zelikovna (1889–1965) – mother
Trubkin Zusman Abramovich (b. 1923, Dagda) – brother
Weiler (née Trubkina), Zinaida Abramovna (b. 1921) – sister
Herman Bentsion Khaimovich (1914–1945) – husband
Herman Mikhail Bentsionovich (b. 1941) – son