Berziņa (Markuševič) Berta Abramovna (b. August 5, 1941, Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast) – Manicurist.

Family & Early Life

Berta Berziņa was born into a family of tailors. Her father was Abram Yakovlevich Markuševič (b. 1918, Irkutsk – died in 1942 at the front in WWII) and her mother was Brocha Davidovna Zeider (née Zalmanovich, first marriage – Markuševič) (b. 1922, Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg).

Education & Career

Berta Berziņa attended Riga Secondary School No. 15 (1949–1956). Then, for two years she did not have a payed job and was financially dependent on her mother (1956–1958). Then, till 1961 she was a sewing apprentice and master at Sarkanā Baltija factory (1958–1961). In 1961 she worked as a seamstress at Avangards factory (1961), and in 1961 - 1977 he was a manicurist at the Laimdota municipal enterprise (1961–1977).

Marriage & Emigration

Berta was married to Ansis Fritsevich Berziņš (b. 1942, Riga). They divorced in 1968. The couple had a daughter- Jana Ansovna Berziņa (b. 1967, Riga).

In 1977 Berta Berziņa emigrated to Israel, where her maternal uncle, Samuil Davidovich Zalmanovich (b. 1929, Riga), had been living since 1973.

Family Members

Father: Abram Yakovlevich Markuševič (1918–1942) – died at the front in WWII.

Mother: Brocha Davidovna Zeider (née Zalmanovich, first marriage – Markuševič) (b. 1922).

Former Husband: Ansis Fritsevich Berziņš (b. 1942, Riga).

Daughter: Jana Ansovna Berziņa (b. 1967, Riga).

Maternal Uncle: Samuil Davidovich Zalmanovich (b. 1929, Riga) – emigrated to Israel in 1973.

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