Basner (née Taits) Doba Lipovna (b. 16.03.1925, Daugavpils) – seamstress.

In 1930, Doba Basner’s parents, Lipa Taits (1898, Ilūkste – 1975, Riga) and Itta (Ita) Taits (née Prezma) (1898, Daugavpils), moved to Riga, where Doba completed six years of primary school.

During World War II, Doba Basner was evacuated to Sarapul, where she worked at a local bakery.In 1945 she returned to Latvia.

  • 1947–1950 – Waitress at the dairy cooperative café-restaurant in Riga.

  • 1962–1966 – Glue applicator at the "Ērglis" and "1st May" shoe factories.

  • 1966–1967 – Overlock seamstress at the "Daile" sewing and sorting plant.

  • From 1977 – Retired due to disability.

Family and Emigration

In 1947, Doba married Yankel Most (b. 1921), but they soon separated.

She later entered a common-law marriage with Jakob (Yakov) Basner (b. 1927, Riga), which was officially registered in 1958. They had two daughters: Guta Basner * (b. 1949) and Elizabeta Karpukh (née Basner) (b. 1952, Riga).

In 1979, Doba Basner received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s cousin, David Jakobson (b. 1936, Riga), who had left Latvia in 1974.

Family Members

  • [[en:people:basner_jakob|Jakob (Yakov) Basner]] (b. 1927, Riga) – husband

  • [[en:people:basner_guta|Guta Basner]] (b. 1949) – daughter

  • [[en:people:karpukh_elizaveta|Elizabeta Karpukh (née Basner)]] (b. 1952, Riga) – daughter

  • Lipa Taits (1898–1975) – father

  • [[en:people:taits_ita|Itta (Ita) Taits (née Prezma)]] (b. 1898, Daugavpils) – mother

  • Yevsey Taits (b. 1929, Daugavpils) – brother

  • [[en:people:taits_sima|Sima Zak (née Taits)]] (b. 1921, Daugavpils) – sister

  • [[en:people:most_yankel|Yankel Most]] (b. 1921) – first husband

  • David Jakobson (b. 1936, Riga) – cousin