Berelovich (Berelowitsch) Nohum Zundelovich (9.06.1923, Riga) – worker.

Nohum Berelovich was born into the family of Zundel Eliazarovich Berelovich (1891, Bauska – 1953, Riga) and Basya Nohumovna Berelovich (née Westerman) (1900, Bauska – 1974, Melbourne, Australia).

He completed primary school in Jurmala and later attended evening school in Riga while working as a salesman at the company “Fleis un Biedrs”.

In 1941 Nohum Berelovich worked at the Textiliana factory. When the war started he was evacuated to Kustanay, Kazakh SSR, where he worked as a mechanic at a local Machine & Tractor Station (MTS) (1941-1942) and a sorter at the Raw Materials Procurement Office (“Zagotsyryo”).

In 1943–1944 Nohum Berelovich served in the Soviet Army (Sverdlovsk, Ural Military Construction Administration), but was medically discharged in 1944.

Until November 1945 he remained in Kustanay and in the end of 1945 moved to Riga, where he worked as an agent at Trade Warehouse Store No. 1. (1945-1947), and later – as an expedition agent at Latkurorttorg.

Due to health issues, Nohum Berelovich worked with interruptions for extended periods.

Family:

Nohum Berelovich was married to Riva Abramovna Berelovich (née Lemke) (born 1923, Riga), with whom he had two children: Lazar Nohumovich Berelovich (born 1948, Riga) and Mira Nohumovna Epstein (née Berelovich) (born 1955, Riga) – daughter.

Emigration:

In 1979, Nohum Berelovich was granted permission to emigrate to Israel, where his cousin, Aviva Iosifovna Vorkel (née Morat) (born 1935, Riga), had been living since 1972.

His son,Lazar Berelovich, emigrated to Australia in 1978.

Family Members:

  • Zundel Eliazarovich Berelovich (1891–1953) – father

  • [[en:people:berelovich_basya|Basya Nohumovna Berelovich]] (née Westerman) (1900–1974) – mother

  • Sara Zundelovna Zalshtayn (née Berelovich) (born 1927) – sister (emigrated in 1957, first to Poland, then to Australia)

  • [[en:people:berelovich_riva|Riva Abramovna Berelovich]] (née Lemke) (born 1923) – wife

  • [[en:people:lazar_moisey|Lazar Nohumovich Berelovich]] (born 1948) – son (emigrated to Australia in 1978)

  • [[en:people:epstein_mira|Mira Nohumovna Epstein]] (née Berelovich) (born 1955) – daughter

  • Aviva Iosifovna Vorkel (née Morat) (born 1935) – cousin