Berlin (née Maekh) Rakhil (Rachel) Leibovna (31 January 1918, Drissa) – worker.

In 1936, Rakhil Berman completed ten years of gymnasium education. In 1938, she graduated from a two-year nursing course at the Linas Hatzedek hospital in Riga. From 1938 to 1940, she worked as a paediatric nurse in families in Riga. From 1940 to 1941, she was a nurse at Riga's 7th Children's Outpatient Clinic.

In 1941, Rakhil Berman was evacuated to Samarkand, where she worked as a nurse at the Republican Hospital until 1942. Between 1942 and 1943, she was a worker at the Fergana branch of Uzglavkhleb. From 1943 to 1944, she worked as a chemical technician at the regional pest control station in Fergana. Between 1944 and 1945, she was a team leader at the Fergana Regional Industrial Combine.

In 1945, Rakhil Berman returned to Riga and worked as a packer at the Baltic office of Glavkhimsbyt until 1949. From 1950 onwards, she was an assistant master and team leader at the Rīgas Adītājs artel.

Her parents, Mavka Maekh (1886, Riga – 1941, Riga) and Leiba Maekh (1882, Drissa, Belarus – 1941, Riga), as well as her sister Esfir Maekh (1916, Riga – 1941, Riga), perished in the Holocaust.

Her husband, Ruvin Berlin (1915, Riga – 1941(?)), a private in the Workers' Guard, was unable to evacuate from Riga with her and was declared missing.

In 1942, Rachil gave birth to a daughter, who passed away at two weeks old and was buried in Samarkand.

In 1956, Rakhil Berman applied for permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her cousin, Ella Tsentsiper, who had emigrated from Latvia to Palestine in 1932. She was granted permission to leave in 1965.

Family Members:

Ruvin Berlin (1915, Riga – 1941(?)) – husband
Mavka Maekh (1886, Riga – 1941, Riga) – mother
Leiba Maekh (1882, Drissa, Belarus – 1941, Riga) – father
Esfir Maekh (1916, Riga – 1941, Riga) – sister
Ella Tsentsiper (…) – cousin