Rezshtein Khaya Mendelevna (1908)

Rezshtein (Resshtein) (née Geyman, Lin) Khaya (Chaya) Mendelevna (29 January 1908, Daugavpils) — shop assistant.

Khaya Rezshtein completed six years of primary school. In 1924–1934 she worked as a sales assistant in private shops in Daugavpils. In 1934–1941 she was a housewife. In 1941–1944 she worked as a spinner in an invalids’ artel in Namangan Region. In 1944–1945 she was a worker in an agricultural group in Sverdlovsk Region. In 1945 she returned to Riga.

In 1950–1953 she was a stallholder at Shop No. 6 of the Riga Meat Canning Combine. In 1953–1959 she worked as a sales assistant and stallholder in the 2nd Riga Food Trade organisation. In 1960–1966 she was a stallholder at the Riga Central Department Store and at Shop No. 93 of the food trade organisation of the Moscow District of Riga.

In her first marriage to Abo Lin (1909, Ilūkste — 1943), a son was born: Mordukhai Lin (1936, Riga). In her second marriage to Kgos Rezshtein (1914, Rēzekne), a daughter was born: Lyubov Rezshtein (1946, Riga).

Her brother Yakhim Geyman (1913, Daugavpils — 1930) drowned. In the Holocaust perished her brother and sister, Abo Geyman (1904, Daugavpils — 1941) and Dvora Apananskaya (née Geyman, Lin) (1902, Daugavpils — 1941). In 1966 she received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s sisters, Khana Klaus (née Rezshtein) (1910, Rēzekne) and Dvora Rashbam (née Rezshtein) (1916, Rēzekne).

Family:

Kgos Rezshtein (1914, Rēzekne) — second husband
Lyubov Rezshtein (1946, Riga) — daughter
Abo Lin (1909, Ilūkste — 1943) — first husband
Mordukhai Lin (1936, Riga) — son
Mendel Geiman (… — 1918, Daugavpils) — father
Liba Geiman (… — 1930, Daugavpils) — mother
Abo Geiman (1904, Daugavpils — 1941) — brother
Yakhim Geiman (1913, Daugavpils — 1930) — brother
Dvora Apananskaya (née Geyman, Lin) (1902, Daugavpils — 1941) — sister
Khana Klaus (née Rezshtein) (1910, Rēzekne) — sister-in-law
Dvora Rashbam (née Rezshtein) (1916, Rēzekne) — sister-in-law