Openstein Melta Shrolovna (1919)

Openstein (Oppenstein) ((née Klopman) Melta Shrolovna (8 September 1919, Cēsis) — cost accountant.

Melta Openstein was the daughter of Shrol (Israel) Klopman (1912, Riga — 1941, Riga) and Gruna Klopman (1885, Lithuania — 1927(?), Riga).

After completing eight grades of secondary school, Melta Openstein moved to Riga.

In 1933–1936, she worked as a sales assistant in Gurvich’s shop. In 1936–1938, she was a worker at the “Laima” factory. In 1940–1941, she worked as a cashier at the “Eksportboks” factory.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the town of Sovetsk, Kirov Region, where in 1941–1943 she worked at the Sovetsk sawmill. In 1943, she moved to the town of Seim, Gorky Region, and until 1945 worked as a cost accountant in the ORS (Department of Workers’ Supply).

In 1945, she returned to Riga and until 1947 worked as a cost accountant in a cafeteria of the District Consumers’ Union. In 1948, she worked as a cost accountant in the cafeteria of ORS No. 1 and at a machine-building plant. In 1950–1951, she was a sales assistant at the “Jūrmala” dairy combine. In 1952–1956, she worked as a buffet attendant in Riga cafeteria No. 31. In 1959–1961, she was a cashier at the self-service café of cafeteria No. 31. In 1964–1965, she worked as an inspector at the CHP plant of Riga Housing Administration No. 28. From 1965, she was a homemaker.

In marriage to Israel Openstein (1912, Riga — 1970), two sons were born: Shmerl Openstein (1938, Riga) and German Openstein (1947, Riga)

Melta Openstein’s father and her sisters Riva Nanakh (Klopman) (1903, Cēsis — 1941) and Rozalia Klopman (1912, Cēsis — 1941) perished in the Holocaust.

Her sisters Lina Likover (Klopman) (1915, Cēsis) and Sara Kestenberg (née Klopman) (1922, Cēsis) lived in Israel in the 1970s.

In 1971, Melta Openstein received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Israel Openstein (1912, Riga — 1970) — husband
Shmerl Openstein (1938, Riga) — son
German Openstein (1947, Riga) — son
Shrol (Israel) Klopman (1912, Riga — 1941, Riga) — father
Gruna Klopman (1885, Lithuania — 1927(?), Riga) — mother
Riva Nanakh (Klopman) (1903, Cēsis — 1941) — sister
Rozalia Klopman (1912, Cēsis — 1941) — sister
Lina Likover ((née Klopman) (1915, Cēsis) — sister
Sara Kestenberg (née Klopman) (1922, Cēsis) — sister