Barinbaum (née Dolgitzer) Nekhama Tsalkovna (b. 29.09.1911, Riga) – worker.

Nekhama Barinbaum was born into the family of Tsalka Leibovich Dolgitzer (born in Vitebsk, Belarus – murdered by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto in 1941) and Hanna-Leia Dolgitzer (born in Vitebsk – murdered by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto in 1941).

She completed eight years of schooling in Riga (1932).

During World War II, Nekhama Barinbaum, along with her parents, brothers, sister, husband, and three-year-old son, was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto, from which she was liberated in 1944.

Post-War Life and Work

  • 1944–1949 – homemaker

  • 1950–1951 – Sorter at the Aurora Factory

  • 1951–1952 – Saleswoman at 4th Gorpischetorg

  • 1952–1953 – Sorter at the "Standart" Artel

  • 1953–1954 – Labeller at DorURS Industrial Cooperative

  • 1954–1955 – Quality Control Inspector (OTK) at "Rigas Audums" Artel

  • 1955–1966 – Inspector at "Mara" Factory

Family and Emigration

Nekhama was married to Hirsh Lvovich Barinbaum (b. 1908, Riga), and they had a son: Gidon Hirsh evich Barinbaum (b. 1938, Riga)

The marriage was dissolved in 1950.

In 1971, Nekhama Barinbaum received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her cousin, Shmuel Ganor (b. 1905, Vitebsk), was living.

Family Members:

  • Tsalka Leibovich Dolgitzer (murdered in 1941) – father

  • Hanna-Leia Dolgitzer (murdered in 1941) – mother

  • Maria Tsalkovna Shefer (née Dolgitzer) (b. 1898, Vitebsk) – sister

  • Leib Tsalkovich Dolgitzer (b. 1900, Vitebsk – murdered by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto in 1941) – brother

  • Khatya Tsalkovich Dolgitzer (b. 1911, Riga – murdered in the Riga Ghetto in 1941) – brother

  • Shmuel Ganor (b. 1905) – cousin

  • Hirsh Lvovich Barinbaum* (b. 1908) – former husband

  • [[en:people:barinbaum_gidon|Gidon Hirshevich Barinbaum]] * (b. 1938) – son