Reutblat Ariel Gershkovich (1913)

Reutblat (Reutblatt) Ariel Gershkovich (10 December 1913, Zhytomyr) — press operator.

From 1927 to 1939 Ariel Reutblat worked as a baker in Zhytomyr. In 1939 he worked as an agent at the district publishing house of the newspaper “Udarnik” in Leningrad Region. In 1940–1941 he worked as a driller at the Slutsk District Publishing House. In 1941 he worked as a salesman at the Minvodtorg trade organisation in Leningrad.

In 1941 he was mobilised into the Soviet Army. He served in the 165th Independent Signal Company as a cook. He was awarded the medals “For the Defence of the Soviet Arctic” and “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

In 1948–1951 he worked as an agent at the Industrial Combine of Jūrmala. In 1951–1958 he worked as a press operator at the artel “Elektro” in Riga. In 1958–1969 he worked as a press operator and electroplater at the factory “Elektro.” In 1969 he worked as a dishwasher at the Trade Administration. In 1969–1970 he worked as an assembler-fastener at the combine “Somdaris.” In 1970–1971 he worked as a stoker at the Trade Administration of the Jūrmala City Executive Committee. In 1971–1972 he worked as a boiler operator at the café “Joma.” In 1972–1973 he worked as a stoker at the café “Lido.” In 1973–1981 he worked as a stoker in the public catering sector of Jūrmala.

In his marriage with Fanya Roytblat (née Fishman) (1912, Zhytomyr — 1978, Jūrmala) a daughter was born — Tamara Satinskaya (Roytblat) (1939, Leningrad). During the Holocaust his parents were killed — Gersh Roytblat (1879, Zhytomyr Region — 1941, Zhytomyr) and Sara Roytblat (née Aizenberg) (1881, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr), as well as his brother Leyzer Roytblat (1915, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) and sisters Feiga Elmus (Roytblat) (1907, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) and Bella Start (Roytblat) (1911, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr). His sister Klara Belik (Roytblat) (1909, Zhytomyr) was living in Israel in the 1980s.

In 1981Ariel Reutblat received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Fanya Reutblat (née Fishman) (1912, Zhytomyr — 1978, Jūrmala) — wife
Tamara Satinskaya (née Reutblat) (1939, Leningrad) — daughter
Gersh Reutblat (1879, Zhytomyr Region — 1941, Zhytomyr) — father
Sara Reutblat (née Aizenberg) (1881, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) — mother
Leizer Reutblat (1915, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) — brother
Feiga Elmus (Reutblat) (1907, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) — sister
Bella Start (Reutblat) (1911, Zhytomyr — 1941, Zhytomyr) — sister
Klara Belik (Reutblat) (1909, Zhytomyr) — sister