Berziņa (Berzina) Tsirel Isaakovna (1905 – unknown) – Trade Union Activist, Translator, and Planner.

Career & Political Activity

Tsirel Berziņa began working in 1924. Since 1927, member of the left-wing textile trade union, elected to its audit commission. In 1930 she was arrested for participating in a May Day demonstration; after a two-year trial, she was acquitted. In 1932 –arrested again for distributing illegal literature, sentenced to four years of hard labor, which she served in Riga Prison.

World War II & Post-War Period:

During World War II, Tsirel Berziņa was evacuated to Ivanovo, where she worked as a laboratory assistant and planner in the textile industry. In 1945 she returned to Riga in 1944, worked as a planner and translator until 1950.