Shruster Basya Samuilovna (1920)

Shruster (née Rakhailovich) Basya Samuilovna (10.03.1920, Rēzekne) — housewife. Daughter of Rakhailovich Samuil (1889 — 1954, Johannesburg) and Rakhailovich Ester (1889, Rēzekne — 1939, Johannesburg). In 1930 Sh.'s father left for the Union of South Africa in search of work, and in 1938 Sh.'s mother joined him there. In 1935 Sh. completed basic school in Rēzekne, and in 1940 — an evening gymnasium in Riga. In 1936—41 — worker at the “Mena” stocking factory in Riga. In 1941 she was evacuated to Ishim, Omsk Region, and until 1943 worked as a lathe operator at an agricultural machinery plant. In 1945 Sh. was re-evacuated to Riga and until 1947 worked as a salesperson at the Riga Central Department Store. In 1951—52 — salesperson at the Riga 2nd City Trade Office. From 1952 — housewife. In her marriage to Shruster Moisey (1922, Rēzekne), sons Shruster Yakov (1949, Riga) and Shruster Eduard (1953, Riga) were born. Sh.'s sister, Tsesler (née Rakhailovich) Berta (1913, Rēzekne — 1941, Riga), perished in the Holocaust. Sh.'s brother, Rakhailovich Khaim (1915, Rēzekne), emigrated from Latvia to the Union of South Africa in the 1930s, and in the 1960s ran his own store in Johannesburg. Sh.'s brother, Rakhailovich Boris (1927, Rēzekne), was taken out of Latvia in the 1930s, and in the 1960s lived in England and worked as a tour guide.
In 1965 Sh. filed her first petition to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her brother, Rakhailovich Eliezer (Leyzer) (1922, Rēzekne), who had emigrated to Palestine in 1938. Sh.'s petition was granted only in 1971.

A. Norman

Shruster Moisey (1922, Rēzekne) — husband
Shruster Yakov (1949, Riga) — son
Shruster Eduard (1953, Riga) — son
Rakhailovich Samuil (1889 — 1954, Johannesburg) — father
Rakhailovich Ester (1889, Rēzekne — 1939, Johannesburg) — mother
Tsesler (née Rakhailovich) Berta (1913, Rēzekne — 1941, Riga) — sister
Rakhailovich Khaim (1915, Rēzekne) — brother
Rakhailovich Eliezer (1922, Rēzekne) — brother
Rakhailovich Boris (1927, Rēzekne) — brother