Aronstam Gennady Khaimovich (born 10 December 1941, Tyumen)

Gennady Khaimovich Aronstam was born into the family of Khaim Iosifovich Aronstam (born 1905, Liepāja – fell in battle near Liepāja in 1941) and Eti Naftilovna Aronstam (née Lipman) (born 1911, Subate).

After completing the 8th grade of secondary school, he studied at a construction vocational school (1958–1960, Liepāja). He worked as a plasterer (1960–1961, Rīgastrōy trust; 1961–1962, Riga House-Building Committee). From 1962 to 1965, he served in the Soviet Army (Baranovichi, Belarusian SSR). He then worked as an assistant master at the Mara knitwear factory (1966–1969) and as a repair locksmith at the same factory (1969–1977). From 1977, he worked as a hat maker at Rīgas Modes industrial association.

In his marriage to Raisa Aronovna Aronstam (née Stelmakh, previously Shnaidman by first marriage) (born 1946, Vinnytsia), their daughter, Ilona Gennadievna Aronstam (born 1972, Riga), was born.

In 1979, he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1975, his maternal cousin, Sara Mikhailovna Barkan (née Dagovich) (born 1910, Liepāja), had been residing.

Family members:

  • [[en:people:aronstam_raisa|Raisa Aronovna Aronstam]] (née Stelmakh, previously Shnaidman) (born 1946, Vinnytsia) – wife

  • Ilona Gennadievna Aronstam (born 1972) – daughter

  • Khaim Iosifovich Aronstam (1905, Liepāja – 1941, fell in battle near Liepāja) – father

  • Eti Naftilovna Aronstam (née Lipman) (born 1911, Subate) – mother

  • [[en:people:aronstam_leib|Leib Khaimovich Aronstam]] (born 1934, Liepāja) – brother

  • [[en:people:aronstam_shalom|Shalom Khaimovich Aronstam]] (born 1939, Liepāja) – brother

  • Shifra Khaimovna Shlomovich (née Aronstam) (born 1936, Liepāja) – sister

  • Sara Mikhailovna Barkan (née Dagovich) (born 1910, Liepāja) – aunt (maternal cousin)