Karlin Yokheved Fishelevna (1927)

Karlin (née Shlyakhter) Yokheved (Jocheved) Fishelevna (7 December 1927, Daugavpils) — saleswoman.

Yokheved Karlin was the daughter of Fishel Shlyakhter (1894, Daugavpils – 1941, Daugavpils) and Leia Shlyakhter (1890, Daugavpils – 1966, Riga).

In 1941, together with her mother and brother, she was evacuated to Uzbekistan. Her father did not manage to evacuate from Riga and perished in the Riga Ghetto. In 1943 she completed seven grades of secondary school in Bukhara. In 1945 she returned to Daugavpils. In 1948 she moved to Riga.

In 1947–48 she worked as a spooler at the “Daugava” weaving factory in Riga.

In 1949–50 she worked as a packer at the Glavkhimsbyt workshop.

In 1950–51 she worked as a saleswoman at the Jurmala branch of the City Food Trade.

In 1952–60 she worked as a saleswoman at Riga’s 2nd City Food Trade

From 1962 she was a saleswoman at the Food Trade of the Moscow District of Riga.

In her marriage to Moisei Karlin (b. 1931, Riga) (dissolved in 1962), two sons were born: Fishel Moiseevich Karlin (b. 1953, Riga) and Leiba Moiseevich Karlin (b. 1958, Riga)

Her brother, Nakhman Shlyakhter (1926, Daugavpils – 1943, Staraya Russa), fell heroically in battle on the frontlines of the Second World War.

In 1971 Yokheved Karlin received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her relative, Khaia Mendelevna Reshtein, who had emigrated from Latvia in the 1960s.

Family connections:

Moisei Karlin (b. 1931, Riga) – husband
Fishel Moiseevich Karlin (b. 1953, Riga) – son
Leiba Moiseevich Karlin (b. 1958, Riga) – son
Fishel Shlyakhter (1894, Daugavpils – 1941, Daugavpils) – father
Leia Shlyakhter (1890, Daugavpils – 1966, Riga) – mother
Nakhman Shlyakhter (1926, Daugavpils – 1943, Staraya Russa) – brother