Bass (née Shapiro) Guta Berovna (b. 18.01.1912, Kuldīga District) – employee.

Family and Early Life

Guta Bass was born into the family of Ber Motelovich Shapiro (1877–1941, murdered by the Nazis in Aizpute) and Pauna Zundelevna Shapiro (née Shapiro) (1887–1941, also murdered in Aizpute).

She graduated from Aizpute School (10 classes) in 1930 and moved to Riga, where she worked:

  • 1931–1933 – Sales assistant at M. Zlotover’s store

  • 1934–1941 – Accounting clerk at M. Berman’s paper factory

World War II and Post-War Life

In 1941, Guta Bass was evacuated to Kamyshkovsky District, Sverdlovsk Region, where she:

  • 1941–1943 – Was a homemaker

  • 1943–1945 – Worked as an accountant at a trading enterprise of a leather factory

After returning to Riga,Guta Bass:

  • 1945–1963 – was a homemaker

  • 1963–1966 – Kiosk worker at the "Soyuzpechat" publishing association

  • 1966–1970 – Saleswoman at Store No. 111, Fruit and Vegetable Trade

  • 1970 onwards – Senior saleswoman at Store No. 107, Moscow Food Trade, Riga

Family and Emigration

Guta was married to Zelik Yakovlevich Bass (1914, Smiltene – 1968, Riga), they had two daughters: Sheva Zelikovna Aizenberg (née Bass) * (b. 1939, Riga) and Roza Zelikovna Movshovich (née Bass) * (b. 1949, Riga)

In 1972, Guta Bass received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her brother, Ruven Berovich Shapiro (b. 1910, Aizpute District) already lived, along with Boris Avseyevich Mesengiser (b. 1910, Daugavpils), her son-in-law’s uncle, who had emigrated in 1966.

Family Members

  • Ber Motelovich Shapiro (1877–1941) – father

  • Pauna Zundelevna Shapiro (née Shapiro) (1887–1941) – mother

  • Motel Berovich Shapiro (1908–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – brother

  • Ruven Berovich Shapiro (b. 1910) – brother

  • Ida Berovna Shapiro (1914–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – sister

  • Abram Berovich Shapiro (1916–1945, killed by bandits) – brother

  • David Berovich Shapiro (1918–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – brother

  • Lemak Berovich Shapiro (1920–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – brother

  • Yuliy Berovich Shapiro (1923–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – brother

  • Mira Berovna Shapiro (1926–1941, murdered in Aizpute) – sister

  • Zelik Yakovlevich Bass (1914–1968) – husband

  • [[en:people:aizenberg_sheva|Sheva Zelikovna Aizenberg]] (née Bass) (b. 1939) – daughter

  • [[en:people:movshovich_roza|Roza Zelikovna Movshovich]] (née Bass) (b. 1949) – daughter

  • [[en:people:mesengiser_boris|Boris Avseyevich Mesengiser]] (b. 1910) – uncle of her son-in-law