Karp Rivka Samuilovna (1895)

Karp (née Borovik, formerly Rokhova) Rivka Samuilovna (8 May 1895, Vitebsk – …) — saleswoman.

Rivka Karp was the daughter of Samuil Borovik (1847, Gorodok, Belarus – 1930, Riga) and Yokha Borovik (1855, Vitebsk – 1925, Riga).

In 1901 her parents moved to Riga. She completed two grades of a Jewish school and in 1905 became an apprentice seamstress.

In 1907–08 she was a shop assistant apprentice at Raikin’s china shop.

In 1908–11 she was a saleswoman at Sheilikson’s confectionery shop.

In 1911–12 she worked as a saleswoman at Katz’s china shop.

In 1912–17 she was a saleswoman at Vishkin’s fruit shop.

In 1917–40 she ran her own fruit stall.

After the stall was closed, she worked as a saleswoman at Dvorkin’s fruit shop until 1941.

In 1941 she was evacuated to Tashkent. In 1945 she returned to Riga, where until 1946 she worked as a buffet attendant for the Trust of Canteens and Restaurants.

In 1946–57 she was a homemaker.

In 1957 she worked as a dishwasher at the “Korso” restaurant.

From 1958 she worked from home for the artel “Ražotājs”.

Her first husband, Yakov Rokhov (1889, Riga – 1919, Riga), a Red Army soldier, was executed by the Germans in Riga Central Prison.

Her son from her first marriage, Solomon Rokhov (later Karp) (b. 1918, Riga), took the surname of her second husband, Solomon Karp (1890, Jelgava – 1945,Riga), in 1930.

Her daughter, Berta Sinai (née Karp) (b. 1921, Riga), left for Austria in 1945 as the wife of an Austrian citizen, lived in Israel in the 1950s, and in Düsseldorf in the 1960s.

Her son, Yokhiel Karp (1927, Riga – 1948), a watchmaker, was robbed and killed at the Riga seaside.

Her daughter, Yokha Korzh (née Karp) (b. 1929, Riga), moved to Poland in 1957 as the wife of a Polish citizen, and in the 1960s lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

Her brother, Abram Borovik (1886, Vitebsk – 1910, Riga), committed suicide to avoid arrest by the Tsarist secret police; he was a revolutionary and had already been sentenced shortly before to four years of imprisonment for revolutionary activity.

During the Holocaust, her sisters perished: Sosha Mikhelson (née Borovik) (1875, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga), Chaya Itsikovich (née Borovik) (1879, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga), Musya Surits (née Borovik) (1882, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga).

In 1957 Rivka Karp submitted her first request to emigrate to Poland, which was denied. Her later requests to emigrate to Israel, submitted to OVIR in the 1960s, were also rejected. Presumably, she died without receiving permission to emigrate.

Family connections:

Yakov Rokhov (1889, Riga – 1919, Riga) – first husband
Solomon Karp (1890, Jelgava – 1945, Riga) – second husband
Solomon Karp (née Rokhov, b. 1918, Riga) – son
Berta Sinai (née Karp, b. 1921, Riga) – daughter
Yokhiel Karp (1927, Riga – 1948) – son
Yokha Korzh (née Karp, b. 1929, Riga) – daughter
Samuil Borovik (1847, Gorodok, Belarus – 1930, Riga) – father
Yokha Borovik (1855, Vitebsk – 1925, Riga) – mother
Sosha Mikhelson (née Borovik, 1875, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga) – sister
Chaya Itsikovich (née Borovik, 1879, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga) – sister
Musya Surits (née Borovik, 1882, Vitebsk – 1941, Riga) – sister
Abram Borovik (1886, Vitebsk – 1910, Riga) – brother