Aron Samuil Fayvishovich (14.02.1888, Rezekne – 1973, Israel)

Merchant.

Family Background

Son of Fayvish Aron (… – 1939, Riga) and Rachil Aron (née Mironowitsch) (… – 1909, Riga).

Education and Early Career

  • Completed two years of primary school.

  • 1901–1906 – Worked as a laborer at a firewood depot in Drissa, Vitebsk Governorate.

  • 1906 – Moved to Riga, worked at Klein’s timber company until 1913.

  • 1914–1918 – Served in the Imperial Russian Army, in the 242nd Sedlitz Regiment.

Business and Repression

  • 1919 – Opened a fruit shop at 4 Kramu Street, Riga.

  • 1941 – Repressed as a merchant and exiled to Krasnoyarsk Krai.

  • 1942–1943 – Worked at the Igarka wood processing plant.

  • 1944–1948 – Accountant and quality inspector at the Igarka branch of Norilsnab.

  • 1948 – Returned to Riga.

  • 1949 – Worked as a laborer at the warehouse of the Riga Wood Processing Plant.

  • 1950–1951 – Warehouse clerk at the Riga Carriage Works.

  • 1951 – Deported again to Krasnoyarsk Krai.

  • 1951–1952 – Store manager at ORS in the Dalny-Mostovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai.

  • 1953–1957 – Warehouse manager at the Dalny-Mostovsky Chemwood Farm.

  • 1957 – Released from special settlement status and returned to Latvia.

  • From 1957 – Retired.

Family and Holocaust Tragedy

Married to Feiga Aron (1888, Polotsk – 1972, Riga). Their daughters:

  • Rachil Zimmerman (née Aron) (1921, Riga)

  • Scheina Rabinowitsch (née Aron) (1925, Riga)

His siblings:

  • Meyer Aron (…, Rezekne – 1940, Riga) – died before WWII.

  • Mikhal Aron (…, Rezekne – 1941, Riga) – perished in the Holocaust.

  • Reveka Zahodnik (née Aron) (…, Rezekne – 1941, Riga) – perished in the Holocaust.

In 1972, he emigrated to Israel at the invitation of his daughterScheina.