Reshina Malka (1907)

Reshina (Rechina) (née Iofan) Malka (5 December 1907, Riga) – commodity specialist (goods expert).

Malka Reshina was the daughter of Abram Iofan (1879–1929) and Lea Iofan (1884–1941, Riga).

In 1926 she graduated from a gymnasium in 1926. Until 1941 she was a homemaker. In 1941 she was evacuated to Samara, where until 1945 she worked as a solderer at the Samara repair and mechanical plant.

In 1945 she returned to Riga and until 1980 worked as a goods quality inspector in the household goods department and as a commodity specialist in the cultural goods department of the Riga Department Store. Since 1980 she was a pensioner.

She was married to Khaim Reshin (1901, Riga – 1941, Samara), and their daughter Aviva Gershenzon (née Reshina) (1936, Riga) was born in the marriage.

Her mother and sister, Ida Iofan (…–1941, Riga), were killed during the Holocaust. Her brother and sister Arye Iofan (1911, Riga) and Yehudit Oren (née Iofan) (1909, Riga) emigrated in the 1930s to the territory of the modern State of Israel. Another brother, Yoel (Evel) Iofan (1914, Riga), emigrated to Israel in 1969.

Family:

Khaim Reshin (1901, Riga – 1941, Samara) – husband
Aviva Gershenzon (née Reshina) (1936, Riga) – daughter
Abram Iofan (1879, Mogilev – 1929) – father
Lea Iofan (1884, Mogilev – 1941, Riga) – mother
Arye Iofan (1911, Riga) – brother
Yehudit Oren (née Iofan) (1909, Riga) – sister
Yoel (Evel) Iofan (1914, Riga) – brother
Ida Iofan (1921–1941, Riga) – sister