Belkind (Shteinveis/Steinweis, Gepstein/Heptstein) Reise Albertovna (21.07.1939, Riga) - laboratory assistant, midwife.

Reise Belkind was the daughter of Abram Steinweiss (1912-1941) and Dora Gepstein (Moskovskaia) (1918, Rezekne). In 1952 she was adopted by her mother's second husband, Albert Hepstein (1909, Rezekne), taking her stepfather's patronymic and surname. In 1957, she graduated from Riga 10th High School. In 1960 she graduated from Riga Medical School No. 1 as a midwife. In 1960-61 she was a midwife at Riga 3rd City Hospital. In 1961 she worked in the cosmetics shop of the Dzinars factory. From 1961 to 1963 Reise Belkind was a laboratory assistant at the Riga Medical Institute. In 1964 she became a culture worker at the Riga Instrument Factory. In 1964-66 she was a manual worker at Pharmacy No. 3. In 1967-1980 she worked as a laboratory technician at Riga Chemical Plant No. 6 (later renamed ‘Calcex’ Ltd., Olinefarm).

In marriage to Abram Belkind (1933, Riga), a daughter Sofia Gershman (Belkind) (1958, Riga) was born. In 1981 Reise Belkind received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her mother's brother, Zalkind Moscovsky (1913, Rezekne).

А. Norman

Abram Belkind (1933, Riga) - husband

Sofia Gershman (Belkind) (1958, Riga) - daughter

Dora Gepstein (Moskovskaya) (1918, Rezekne) - mother

Abram Steinweis (1912 - 1942) - father

Albert Hepstein (1909, Rēzekne) - stepfather

Zalkind Moskovsky (1913, Rezekne) - mother's brother