Levina Rakhilya Mikhailovna (1903)

Levina (née Portnoy) Rakhilya (Rachila) Mikhailovna (5 December 1903, Daugavpils) — homemaker.

Rakhilya Levina was the daughter of Mendel Portnoy, a photographer (… – 1919), and Leya Portnoy (… – 1940).

In 1914 Levina’s family was evacuated from Latvia to Sverdlovsk, where in 1919 she completed the Sverdlovsk Vocational School, qualifying as a seamstress. In 1920 she returned to Daugavpils.

In 1941 Rakhilya Levina was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto and subsequently deported to concentration camps in Germany. After liberation, in 1945 she returned to Riga.

During the Holocaust her first husband, Solomon Portnoy (… – 1945, Germany), and her sons, Mendel Portnoy (1922, Daugavpils – 1941(?), Sigulda) and Yekab Portnoy (1924, Riga – 1941(?), Sigulda), were killed.

In her second marriage to Nokhim Levin (1895, Borisovo, Minsk province) a daughter was born — Leya Levina (year unclear, Riga).

In 1964 Rakhilya Levina received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband's cousin, Solomon Sher.

Family

– Nokhim Ilyich Levin (1895, Borisovo, Minsk province) — second husband
– Leia Levina (year unclear, Riga) — daughter
– Mendel Portnoy (… – 1919) — father
– Leia Portnoy (… – 1940) — mother
– Sholom Portnoy (1900, Daugavpils – 1919) — brother
– Solomon Portnoy (… – 1945, Germany) — first husband
– Mendel Portnoy (1922–1941(?)) — son
– Yekab Portnoy (1924–1941(?)) — son