Muller Esfir Semyonovna (1922)

Muller (née Gerson) Esfir (Esther) Semyonovna (20 June 1922, Riga) — teacher.

Esfir Muller was the daughter of Semyon Gerson (1884, Ventspils — 1941, Riga) and Rozalia Gerberg (1897, Dnepropetrovsk). In 1940–1941 she worked as a registrar at the hospital fund for temporary workers (after reorganization — Riga Polyclinic No. 7). In 1941 she was evacuated to Chelyabinsk, where she worked as a bookkeeper in Special Construction and Installation Unit No. 22. From 1942 she was a student, living in Chelyabinsk, Moscow, and Riga. In 1947 she graduated from the Latvian State Pedagogical Institute.

In 1952–1953 she worked as secretary to the head of the Housing Administration of the Proletarsky District of Riga. In 1953–1956 she was a teacher at Riga Secondary School No. 30. In 1956–1962 she was a homemaker. From 1962 she taught at Riga Secondary Evening School No. 2 (later renamed Riga School No. 9). Her father was killed in the Holocaust.

Married to Pinkhos Muller (1907, Riga). Their sons are Semyon Muller (1947, Riga) and Viktor Muller (1950, Riga).

In 1966 Esfir Muller and her family repeatedly applied for permission to emigrate to Israel, but their requests were denied.

Family:

Pinkhos Muller (1907, Riga) — husband
Semyon Muller (1947, Riga) — son
Viktor Muller (1950, Riga) — son
Semyon Gerson (1884, Ventspils — 1941, Riga) — father
Rozalia Gerberg (1897, Dnepropetrovsk) — mother