Yakobson Elkhonon Yankelevich (1920)

Yakobson Elkhonon Yankelevich (16.05.1920, Ventspils, Latvia) – trade worker. Born into the family of Yakobson Yankel Shapshielovich (1870, Jaunaglona – killed by fascists in Ventspils in 1941) and Yakobson (née Bloomberg) Khana Elkhononovna (1875, Talsi – killed by fascists in Ventspils in 1941). He completed secondary school (1926—1937), worked as a salesman in a private shop (1937—1940), then as head of that shop (1940—1941). He was evacuated to Namangan, Uzbek SSR, where he worked as a forwarding agent at the “Pobeda” artel (1941—1942). He fought on the Northwestern Front in the 43rd-1st Latvian Rifle Division, and was severely wounded (1943). He was awarded the medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945,” and holds jubilee awards. After being demobilized due to disability, he worked as warehouse keeper at the “Pobeda” artel (1943—1945, Fergana, Uzbek SSR). Returning to Latvia, he worked in Riga as head of a shop of Riga Municipal Food Trade No. 1 (1945—1951); he was under investigation, with the case subsequently dropped (1951—1954); he worked as head of a shop of Latkooptorg (1954—1955); as senior salesman of the Municipal Industrial Trade No. 2 and No. 1 (1955—1959); as senior salesman at the Riga Textile-Garment-Footwear Trade Office (1959—1961); as section head of the Jūrmala Municipal Trade Administration (1961—1970); as section head of the Olaine Consumer Society (1970—1971).

In his marriage to Yakobson (née Shavlova) Ita Movshevna (1921, Balvi District, Latvia), daughters Krupitskaya (née Yakobson) Mira Elkhononovna (1948, Riga) and Yakobson Khana Elkhononovna (1951, Riga) were born.

In 1971 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his brother Yakobson Meer-Fayvush Yankelevich (1913, Ventspils) and sister Blekarovich (née Yakobson) Roza Yankelevna (1906, Ventspils) were living.

N. Voronova

Yakobson Yankel Shapshielovich (1870—1941) – father
Yakobson (née Bloomberg) Khana Elkhononovna (1875—1941) – mother
Blekarovich (née Yakobson) Roza Yankelevna (1906) - sister
Yakobson Sasha Yankelevich (1908, Riga – killed by fascists in Riga in 1941) – brother
Yakobson Meer-Fayvush Yankelevich (1913) – brother
Yakobson (née Shavlova) Ita Movshevna (1921) – wife
Krupitskaya (née Yakobson) Mira Elkhononovna (1948) – daughter
Yakobson Khana Elkhononovna (1951) – daughter