Albrot Mikhail Kharitonovich (Born 20 September 1925, Minsk) – Worker.
Mikhail Albrot was born into the family of Khonon Tsalevich Albrot (born 1902, Minsk, Belarus – went missing on the Eastern Front in 1941) and Maria Lazarevna Albrot (née Schein) (born 1906, Dvinsk; today Daugavpils, Latvia).
He completed seven grades at Minsk Secondary School No. 46 in 1940. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Saratov region, then drafted into the Soviet Army in 1942. He fought in Poland (1944–1945) and was wounded. From 1945 to 1949, he served in Poland (PPR) and East Germany (GDR).
Between 1949 and 1950, Mikhail Albrot worked as a coach at the Officers’ Club in Schwerin, GDR. However, in 1950, he was convicted by the military tribunal of the 3rd Shock Army and sentenced to 12 years in prison for misappropriation of public property. He served his sentence in Sverdlovsk Region (1950–1954) but was pardoned and released with his criminal record expunged in 1954 (Kaluga Oblast).
Career
After returning to Minsk, he worked in various jobs:
Painter at “Remstroykontora” (1954–1956)
Artist at the Industrial Combine (1956–1957)
Silkscreen printer at the “Rot-Front” artel (1957–1958)
Upon moving to Riga, he worked as:
Factory worker at “Ausma” (1958–1963)
Mechanic at the “Darbs” repair and mechanical plant (1963–1968)
Salesman at the retail and trade base of Khoztorg (1968–1969)
Freight forwarder at the agricultural products base of Latkooporg (1969–1972)
Family
Mikhail Albrot was married to Inessa Ilyinichna Albrot (née Pevzner) (born 1933, Minsk). Their daughter, Alina Mikhailovna Albrot, was born in 1958 inRiga.
Emigration
In 1972, Mikhail Albrot received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sister, Rosa Teivelevna Toper (Albrot) (born 1922, Minsk), had been living since 1958. She had first moved to Poland in 1957 after her marriage and later settled in Israel.
Later, Mikhail Kharitonovich moved to West Berlin.
Family Members
Khonon Tsalevich Albrot (born 1902, Minsk – went missing on the Eastern Front in 1941) – father
Maria Lazarevna Albrot (née Schein) (born 1906) – mother
Leonid Kharitonovich Albrot (1924, Minsk – 1972, Riga) – brother
Rosa Teivelevna Toper (Albrot) (born 1922) – sister
Inessa Ilyinichna Albrot (née Pevzner) (born 1933) – wife
Alina Mikhailovna Albrot (born 1958) – daughter