Kagan Ella Bentsionovna (1929)

Kagan (née Weinreich, later Herzenberg) Ella Bentsionovna (b. 2 April 1929, Tukums) — milliner.

In 1948 Ella Kagan completed eight grades of secondary school. From 1951 she worked as a milliner at the “Rīgas Cepure” factory, in the “Fantāzija” and “Rīgas Filcs” artels, and at the Riga Knitwear and Headwear Combine. Her first marriage, to Aleksandr Herzenberg (b. 1917, Tukums), was dissolved in 1953. In her second marriage, to Benjamin Kagan (b. 1922, Viļāni), a daughter, Tsvia Kagan (b. 1958, Riga), was born.

Her parents, Bentsion Weinreich (b. 1904, Tukums) and Khana Weinreich (née Braur, b. 1908, Tukums), and her sister Khoda Brudnaya (née Weinreich, b. 1933, Tukums), left Latvia for Poland in 1957, and later that same year emigrated to Israel. In 1965, Ella Kagan received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of relatives.

Alexander Herzenberg (b. 1917, Tukums) — first husband
Benjamin Kagan (b. 1922, Viļāni) — second husband
Tsvia Kagan (b. 1958, Riga) — daughter
Bentsion Weinreich (b. 1904, Tukums) — father
Khana Weinreich (née Braur, b. 1908, Tukums) — mother
Khoda Brudnaya (née Weinreich, b. 1933, Tukums) — sister