Karp Basya Maksovna (1921)

Karp (née Pavlovskaya) Basya Maksovna (31 August 1921, Valga) — saleswoman.

In 1925 Basya’s parents moved to Pärnu. In 1939 she moved to Tartu and in 1940 to Tallinn, where she completed secondary school. In 1940–41 she worked as an accountant-cashier at Tallinn Promtorg. In 1941 she was evacuated to Chelyabinsk.In 1942–45 she worked as an assistant building manager at Housing Administration No. 13 in Chelyabinsk. In 1946 she returned to Tallinn and worked as a personnel officer in the Trade Department of the Tallinn City Executive Committee. In 1947 she moved to Riga and worked as a seamstress at the “9 May” artel. In 1947–48 she worked as a seamstress at the “Taupība” artel. In 1948–63 she was a housewife.In 1962–64 she worked as a saleswoman at the Riga District Fish Cooperative and at the Jūrmala Inter-District Fish Cooperative.From 1964 she worked as a saleswoman at Riga City Promtorg No. 1’s First Commission Shop.

In her marriage to Solomon Karp (b. 1918, Riga), two daughters were born: Mara Beingolts (née Karp) (b. 1948, Riga) and Ilona Karp (b. 1958, Riga)

During the Holocaust, her parents, Max Pavlovsky (1894, Valga – 1941, Pärnu) and Rivka Pavlovskaya (1895, Valga – 1941, Pärnu), and her brothers, Elya Pavlovsky (1927, Pärnu – 1941, Pärnu) and Abram Pavlovsky (1936, Pärnu – 1941, Pärnu), perished.

In 1972 Basya Karp received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her relative, Khaia Ginzburg (b. 1909, Valga), who had emigrated to Israel in 1949.

Family connections:

Solomon Karp (b. 1918, Riga) – husband
Mara Beingolts (née Karp, b. 1948, Riga) – daughter
Ilona Karp (b. 1958, Riga) – daughter
Max Pavlovsky (1894, Valga – 1941, Pärnu) – father
Rivka Pavlovskaya (1895, Valga – 1941, Pärnu) – mother
Elya Pavlovsky (1927, Pärnu – 1941, Pärnu) – brother
Abram Pavlovsky (1936, Pärnu – 1941, Pärnu) – brother
Khaia Ginzburg (b. 1909, Valga) – aunt