Berenstam Ekhiel Peisakovich (19 June 1912, Bauska) – Confectioner, Procurement Specialist.

Ekhiel Berenstam was the son of Chaya Berenstam (1880 – 1960, Riga) and Peisakh Berenstam (1880 – 1951(?), Riga). He completed five grades of primary school in Riga (1925) and immediately started work.

In 1926–1931 he was a procurement specialist in Riga workshops, and in 1931–1941 - a confectioner at Voit’s factory in Riga.

In 1941 Ekhiel Berenstam was evacuated to Dzhambul, Kazakh SSR; worked as a procurement specialist in the Railway Artel. In 1942 he was drafted into the Labor Army in Karaganda.

In 1945 he returned to Riga. In 1945–1948 Ekhiel Berenstam was a baker at Riga’s Bread Combines, in 1948–1950 - onfectioner, buffet worker in Riga’s Catering and Restaurant Trust, in 1950–1957 - Procurement specialist at the “Pioneer” shoe factory and the “Rigas Apavnieks” Artel. From 1957 Ekhiel Berenstam worked as a procurement specialist at the Riga Household Services Combine (later renamed the “Individual Shoe and Leather Goods Sewing Combine”).

Ekhiel Berenstam was married to Chaya-Bluma Berenstam (née Simson, Wasserman) (1912, Ventspils). In 1966 he received permission to emigrate to Israel in 1966.

Family

Chaya-Bluma Berenstam (née Simson, Wasserman) (1912, Ventspils)- wife

Siblings:

Sisters:

Anna Shumakh (née Berenstam) (1916, Bauska) – emigrated to Israel in the 1950s.

Rakhil Kitai (née Berenstam) (1919, Penza) – emigrated to Israel in the 1950s.

Genya Dubovskaya (née Berenstam) (1917, Bauska).

Meri (Mera) Khozias (née Berenstam) (1924, Riga).

Brother:

Vulf Berenstam (1924, Riga) – emigrated to Israel in 1971.