Kesel Gitel Khaimovna (1895)

Kesel (Kessel) (née Bromberg) Gitel Khaimovna (b. 31 March 1895, Pinsk) — homemaker.

Gitel Kesel was the daughter of Khaim Bromberg (b. 1857, Pinsk – d. 1921), a timber broker, and Khaya Bromberg (b. 1856, Pinsk – d. 1924).

In 1914, after her marriage, she moved to Riga.

In 1941 she was evacuated to Kirov Oblast. Worked at the “Shveyprom” artel in Khalturin, Kirov Oblast (1941), then at the M.Yu.D. artel in the same town (1941–42), and as a cook at a kindergarten in the village of Tagitsa, Belsky District, Kirov Oblast (1943–45).

In 1945 she returned to Riga.

Married to Israel (Srul) Kesel (b. 1883, Odessa – d. 1948). Their children: Arne Kessel (b. 1915, Riga), Liya Kesel (1919, Riga – 1922, Riga), Eugene (Efim) Kesel (b. 1924, Riga), Hirsch (Grigory) Kessel (b. 1926, Riga).

Her eldest son, Arne, emigrated in 1933 from Latvia to the territory of present-day Israel.

In 1971, Gitel Kesel received permission to emigrate to Israel. Her relative, Joseph Kessel, member of the French Academy, petitioned the USSR ambassador to France in 1971, requesting assistance in obtaining her emigration permit.

Family:

Israel (Srul) Kesel (1883, Odessa – 1948) — husband
Arne Kessel (b. 1915, Riga) — son
Liya Kesel (1919–1922, Riga) — daughter
Eugene (Efim) Kesel (b. 1924, Riga) — son
Hirsch (Grigory) Kessel (b. 1926, Riga) — son
Khaim Bromberg (1857, Pinsk – 1921) — father
Khaya Bromberg (1856, Pinsk – 1924) — mother
Malka Bromberg (1877, Pinsk – 1915) — sister
Rakhil Bromberg (1883, Pinsk – 1921) — sister
Moisey Bromberg (1880, Pinsk – 1925) — brother
Naum Bromberg (1886, Pinsk – 1963) — brother