Kopilovich Slava Shlemovna (1931)

Kopilovich (Kopilowitsch) Slava (Slawa) Shlemovna (30 May 1931, Riga) — weaver.

Slava Kopilovich was the daughter of Kopelovich Solomon (1894, Daugavpils) and Kopelovich Zara-Gena (1892, Daugavpils — 1944, Kirov Oblast). During the war, her father, sister, Sofia Gurevich (Kopelovich) (1925, Riga), stepbrother Iosif Kopelovich (1922, Riga – …) and brother Iosif Kopelovich (1926, Riga – …) were mobilised into the ranks of the Soviet Army, while Slava and her mother were evacuated to the rear of the USSR. After her mother's death, Slava Kopilovich was raised in a Riga orphanage. In the late 1940s, she graduated from 8th grade. In 1949, she was an apprentice weaver at the Rigas Manufaktura factory. From 1949 to 1951, she worked as a weaver at the Rekord factory. From 1951 to 1964, she worked as a weaver at the Ciņa artel. From 1962 to 1963, she worked as a painter at the Sarkana Zvaigzne factory. In 1963, she worked as a waitress at the Majori sanatorium in Jūrmala. From 1963 to 1969, she worked as a weaver at the Saule textile factory in Riga. In 1969, she worked as a storekeeper at the Aurora hosiery factory and as a controller at the Riga pawnshop. From 1969 to 1972, she worked as a sales department controller at the Rekord factory. In 1972, Slava Kopilovich received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her mother's sister, Shina Friselis (1900, Daugavpils district), who left Latvia in the 1930s.

Family:

Solomon Kopelovich (1894, Daugavpils) — father
Zara-Gene Kopelovich (1892, Daugavpils – 1944, Kirov Oblast) – mother
Iosif Kopelovich (1922, Riga – …) – stepbrother
Iosif Kopelovich (1926, Riga – …) – brother
Sofya Gurevich (Kopelovich) (1925, Riga) — sister
Shina Friselis (1900, Daugavpils District) — mother's sister
Yocheved Milo(1929, Israel) — cousin