Belkind (née Kan) Gita Abramovna ( 24.12.1924, Kalish, Poland - ?) – saleswoman.

Gita Belkind was the daughter of Sonya Kan (1894, Pyatnitskoye) and Abram Kan (1897, Tukums – 1953).

In 1932, Gita moved to Riga with her parents. In 1941, she completed the 8th grade at Riga’s 3rd City Jewish Secondary School. During World War II she was evacuated to Semipalatinsk in the Kazakh SSR. From 1942 to 1945, she worked at the Bol’shevichka Ukrainy factory in Semipalatinsk.

In 1945, Gita Belkind returned to Riga. From 1945 to 1948, she worked as a controller at the audit offices of the Lenin and Kirov districts in Riga. From 1948 to 1949, she was a saleswoman at ORS NOD 1 of the Latvian Railway. In 1949, she worked as a cashier at a Latpishchebyt confectionery shop. From 1949 to 1950, she was an apprentice at the Briviba fashion atelier. From 1950 onwards, she worked as a saleswoman and later as a section manager at Riga Central Department Store.

Gita Belkind was awarded the Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45.

In her marriage to Abram Belkind (1920, Riga), they had a daughter, Inna Belkind (born 1950).

In 1966, Gita Belkind was granted permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband's brother, Khanan Belkind (1912).

Family:

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Abram Belkind (1920, Riga) – husband
Inna Belkind (born 1950) – daughter
Sonya Kan (1894, Pyatnitskoye) – mother
Abram Kan (1897, Tukums – 1953) – father
Khanan Belkind (1912) – husband's brother