Simson Solomon Moiseevich (1918)

Simson (Simsohn) Solomon Moiseevich (1 February 1918, Minsk, Belarus — ?) — worker.

Solomon Simson was born into the family of Moisei-Semen Abramovich Simson (1872 — murdered by the Nazis in 1941, Riga) and Dveira Simson (d. 1918, Riga). He was raised by his stepmother, Roza Simson (murdered by the Nazis in 1941, Riga).

He received a secondary education. From 1936 to 1937, he worked as a salesman in a private shop in Tukums, and from 1937 to 1939 as a weaver at “Vidzeme Manufaktūra” in Riga.

Solomon Simson served in the Soviet Army and participated in the Second World War (1940–1946). He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” and jubilee medals.

After demobilization, from 1946 to 1947, he worked as an expeditor in the Talsi department of the postal service (UPS), Jūrmala. Subsequently, he worked in Riga:

  • 1947–1949 — warehouse worker at “Glavtekstiltorg” 

  • 1949–1950 — warehouse worker at Shop No. 2 

  • 1950–1956 — warehouse manager and workshop foreman at the artel “Stakhanovets” 

  • 1956–1959 — workshop head and foreman at a garment factory of the Local Industry Administration 

  • 1960–1961 — expeditor at a design bureau 

  • 1961–1966 — warehouse manager at the base “Latvobuvtorg” 

  • 1966–1969 — worker at the production association “Pirmais Maijs” 

He was married to Basheva Iserevna Simson (née Frid; 1920, Varakļāni). Their children were Ruti Solomonovna Simson (1948, Riga) and Simon Solomonovich Simson (1951, Riga).

In 1969, he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his half-sister Khana Moiseevna Gotlib (née Simson; 1921, Tukums) resided.

Family:

Moisei-Semen Abramovich Simson (1872–1941) — father
Dveira Simson (d. 1918) — mother
Roza Simson (d. 1941) — stepmother
Bluma Moiseevna Bernshtam (née Simson; 1912, Tukums) — sister (emigrated to Israel)
Khana Moiseevna Gotlib (née Simson; 1921) — half-sister
Yudit Moiseevna Simson (1924, Tukums — 1941, Riga) — half-sister
Abram Moiseevich Simson (1928, Tukums — 1941, Riga) — half-brother
Basheva Iserevna Simson (née Frid; 1920) — wife
Ruti Solomonovna Simson (1948) — daughter
Simon Solomonovich Simson (1951) — son
Simon Leonidovich Nyrkin (1956, Riga) — nephew (ward of the Simson family)