Vainer Rakhel Mikhelevna (1909)

Vainer (Weiner) (nee Kremer) Rakhel (Rachel) Mikhelevna (2.10.1909, Griva) - worker.

Rakhel Vainer was the daughter of Sara Kremer (1874, Griva - 1955, Riga) and Michael Kremer (1869, Griva - 1934, Riga). In 1916 she moved with her parents to Liepaja. In 1923 she completed 7 grades of elementary school. In 1925-30 she was a saleswoman in Plotkin's shoe shop in Liepaja and in Cherlov's shop in Riga.

In 1941 Rakhel Vainer was evacuated to Kirov region. In 1942 she worked at the Leningrad orphanage evacuated to Khalturin. In 1945 - a worker at the Gorky sawmill. In 1945 she was re-evacuated to Riga. Until 1958 she was a homemaker. In 1958-69 she was a labourer at the Rigas Apavnieks factory (later the Erglis factory).

In her marriage to Lev Vainer (1911, Riga) daughters were born: Frida Zakman (Vainer) (1938, Riga), Mina Porez (Vainer) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl region)) and Faina Vainer (1949, Riga). Rakhel's brothers, Wolf Kremer (1907, Griva - 1941) and Boris Kremer (1911, Griva - 1941) perished in the Holocaust. Her sister, Lisa Feinstein (Kremer) (1901, Griva), emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

In 1971, Rakhel Vainer received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her sister, Sonya Buhbinder (1911, Griva), who emigrated from Latvia to Israel in 1968.

Lev Vainer (1911, Riga) - husband

Frida Zakman (Vainer) (1938, Riga) - daughter

Mina Porez (Vainer) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl region) - daughter

Faina Vainer (1949, Riga) - daughter

Sara Kremer (1874, Griva - 1955, Riga) - mother

Mikhail Kremer (1869, Griva - 1934, Riga) - father

Abram Kremer (1899, Gryva - 1955, Riga) - brother

Liza Feinstein (Kremer) (1901, Hryva) - sister

Kremer Galia (1903, Griva - 1918, Riga) - sister

Vera Buchbinder (Kremer) (1905, Hryva - 1943) - sister

Wolf Kremer (1907, Hryva - 1941) - brother

Boris Kremer (1911, Hryva - 1941) - brother

Sonya Buchbinder (Kremer) (1911, Hryva) - sister