Shpungina Berta Zalamonovna (1916)

Shpungina (née Grober) Berta Zalamonovna (17.03.1916, Daugavpils) — nurse. Daughter of Grober Zalman (1886, Dvinsk — 1934, Riga) and Grober (née Rubanenko) Sarra (1890, Dvinsk). In 1934 she graduated from the Jewish Municipal Secondary School. In 1934—37 — worker at a hat-fittings workshop in Riga. In 1937—40 — winder at the “Kolibri” knitwear factory. In 1940 Sh. enrolled in preparatory courses at the University of Latvia. In 1941 she was evacuated to the village of Tarkhany, Chuvash ASSR, and worked at the local collective farm. In 1941 she completed a nursing course. In 1941 she volunteered for the Soviet Army. After demobilization in 1945 she returned to Riga. In 1945—47 — assistant to the state sanitary inspector at the Riga State Sanitary Inspectorate. In 1947 — assistant tax inspector at the Kirov District Finance Department. In 1949—50 — personnel inspector at a bone-processing plant. In 1951—78 she worked in the “Rīgas Apavi” artel system. She was a member of the CPSU from 1944 to 1978. She was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medals “For Combat Merit,” “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—45,” “100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin,” and “Veteran of Labor.” In her marriage to Shpungin Iosif (1914, Krustpils — 1968, Riga), daughters Davydova (née Shpungina) Tsilya (1945, Riga) and Genchik (née Shpungina) Zhenia (1948, Riga) were born. In 1978 Sh. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her brother, Grober Tevel (1924, Riga).

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Shpungin Iosif (1914, Krustpils — 1968, Riga) — husband
Davydova (née Shpungina) Tsilya (1945, Riga) — daughter
Genchik (née Shpungina) Zhenia (1948, Riga) — daughter
Grober Zalman (1886, Dvinsk — 1934, Riga) — father
Grober (née Rubanenko) Sarra (1890, Dvinsk) — mother
Grober Shleyma (Salamon) (1914, Riga — 1942) — brother
Grober German (Gesel) (1918, Riga — 1941) — brother
Grober Tevel (1924, Riga) — brother