Taits Kreine (1916)

Taits (Taitz) (née Elkan) Kreine (Khana) (30 June 1916, Riga) — worker.

Kreine Taits was the daughter of Khaya Elkan (1879, Riga – 1959, Riga) and Iosif Elkan (1879, Riga – 1941, Riga). In 1936, she graduated from the 4th German primary school in Riga.

In 1936–1937, she worked as a saleswoman in Gutkin’s shop in Riga. In 1939–1941, she worked as a laborer at the firm “Otto Schwarz” in Riga.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the Gorky region and until 1942 worked at a woodworking plant in the town of Sharya. In 1942–1944, she worked at the “Zapadnaya Dvina” factory in Talitsy, Sverdlovsk region. In 1944–1945, she worked as a ticket clerk in a cinema in Talitsy.

After the war, she returned to Riga.

In 1953–1962, she worked as a bookbinder: in the artels “Sarkanais Karogs” and “Trud,” at the “Sarkanais Karogs” factory, and at the enterprise “Latavtodorproekt.” In 1962–1967, she was an auxiliary worker at the custom tailoring factory No. 1 in Riga. In 1967–1974, she worked as an auxiliary worker at the enterprise “Autoservice” in Riga. In 1975–1979, she worked as an auxiliary worker at the Bolderāja timber processing and supply combine.

In her marriage to Khatskel Taits (1913, Riga – 1978, Riga), a son, Yazep Taits (1946, Riga), was born. Her father perished in the Holocaust.

In 1979, Kreine Taits received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation from her nephew Avraam Kur (1923, Subate), who had emigrated to Israel in 1975.

Family:

Khatskel Taits (1913, Riga – 1978, Riga) — husband
Yazep Taits (1946, Riga) — son
Khaya Elkan (1879, Riga – 1959, Riga) — mother
Iosif Elkan (1879, Riga – 1941, Riga) — father
Yakov Elkan (1912, Riga) — brother
Avraam Kur (1923, Subate) — nephew