Mashkevich Moishe Meilekhovich (1922)

Mashkevich (Maschkewitsch) Moishe (Moische) Meilekhovich (born 3 August 1922, Kirovohrad) — laborer.

Moishe Mashkevich completed six grades of school in Kirovohrad. Before the war, he worked as a carpenter and printing-press mechanic in Kirovohrad. In 1941 he was evacuated to Andijan Region. From 1942 he fought on the fronts of the Second World War. In 1946, after demobilization with the rank of rifleman in the militarized guard service, he moved to Riga. From 1949 to 1952 he worked as a laborer at the “Meteor” factory; subsequently he worked at a porcelain factory, the Glavkhoztorg supply base, the “Avangard” factory, Dorttranssnabtor g, the tobacco factory, and the Rēzekne Electromechanical Plant (REZ). From 1972 to 1980 he worked as a loader at the Riga Tobacco Factory.

He was awarded the medals “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War,” “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” “60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” and “30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.” He was a member of the CPSU until 1972; he left the party due to plans to emigrate to Israel.

His mother, Sheiva Mashkevich (1893–1944), a native of Zaporizhzhia, died in Andijan. His father, Meilekh Mashkevich (1893–1952), was buried in his hometown of Kirovohrad.

In 1980 Moishe Mashkevich emigrated to Israel with his family, joining relatives of his wife’s sister, Sima Tribukhova (née Pliner) (born 1918).

Family:

Sara Mashkevich (née Pliner) — wife
Sima Tribukhova (née Pliner) (born 1918) — wife’s sister
Boris Mashkevich (born 1951) — son
Meilekh Mashkevich (1893–1952) — father
Sheiva Mashkevich (1893–1944) — mother
Alexander Mashkevich (born 1930) — brother