Aizenberg (Eisenberg) Sarra Avseyevna (née Messengiser) (born 8 October 1907, Daugavpils) – Saleswoman

Sarra Aizenberg was born into the family of Avsey Girshevich Mesengiser (1875–1920, Daugavpils) and Nekhama Mendelevna Mesengiser (née Shpur) (born 1869, Kraslava – murdered in the Riga Ghetto in 1941 by the Nazis).

Sarra Aizenberg completed six years of schooling in Daugavpils (1924) and worked as a saleswoman in private shops—first in Daugavpils (1924–1926), then in Riga (1926–1936). From 1936 to 1941, she was a housewife financially dependent on her husband.

During the Second World War, Sarra Aizenberg was evacuated to Sverdlovsk Region, where she worked on the Chistoye collective farm (1941–1943) and later as a warehouse clerk at Military Factory No. 286 (1943–1945).

Upon returning to Riga, she resumed her career as a saleswoman:

1946–1951 – Saleswoman at the Riga City Food Trade Store

1951–1954 – Saleswoman at an industrial goods kiosk of the Brīvais Laiks cooperative

1954–1956 – Manager of Kiosk No. 4
1956–1963 – Saleswoman at the Riga Household Trade Store

1963–1966 – Saleswoman at the Riga Clothing and Footwear Trade Store

Sarra Eisenberg was married to Meyer Aronovich Ayzenberg (born 1909, Riga – killed in action on the Eastern Front in 1943). They had two sons:

Herman Meyerovich Aizenberg (born 1937, Riga)

David Meyerovich Aizenberg (born 1939, Riga)

In 1972, Sarra Eisenberg received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her brother, Boris Avseyevich Mesengiser (born 1910, Daugavpils), had been living since 1966.

Family:

Father: Avsey Girshevich Mesengiser (1875–1920)
Mother: Nekhama Mendelevna Mesengiser (née Shpur) (1869–1941) – murdered in the Riga Ghetto

Siblings (all murdered in the Riga Ghetto in 1941 unless otherwise stated):

Lyuba Avseyevna Blum (née Mesengiser) (born 1898, Daugavpils)

Raya Avseyevna Berelson (née Mesengiser) (born 1901, Daugavpils)

Roza (Dreiza) Avseyevna Zaks (née Mesengiser) (born 1904, Daugavpils)

Bella Avseyevna Kleiman (née Mesengiser) (born 1905, Daugavpils)

Boris Avseyevich Mesengiser (born 1910, Daugavpils) – emigrated to Israel

Abram Avseyevich Mesengiser (born 1913, Daugavpils – killed in the Stutthof concentration camp, Germany)

Husband: Meyer Aronovich Aizenberg (1909–1943)

Children:

Herman Meyerovich Aizenberg (born 1937)

David Meyerovich Aizenberg (born 1939)