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Birman, Zelda Leibovna (1926)

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SurnameBirman,
NameZelda
PatronymLeibovna
Birth year1926
Birth month7
Birth day19
Birth placeDaugavpils
SexF

Birman (née Hamburg) Zelda Leibovna (19 July 1926, Daugavpils) — factory worker. Daughter of Hamburg Leiba (1904, Daugavpils) and Hamburg Musya (1901, Daugavpils – 1966, Daugavpils). In 1941 she completed 6 grades of a Jewish school in Daugavpils. That same year she was evacuated to Kirov Oblast, where until 1945 she worked as a labourer at the Zagotzerño grain procurement factory in the village of Tsepochkino. In 1946 B. was reevacuated to Daugavpils. Until 1948 she worked as a washer at a brewery. In 1948–50 she was a ticket seller at a Daugavpils cinema. In 1950–62 she was a housewife. From 1962 she worked as a labourer at the Pirmais Maijs factory. In her marriage to Birman Vulf (1919, Daugavpils) a daughter was born: Plavina (Birman) Rakhil (1951, Riga). B.'s sisters and brother — Norkina (Hamburg) Pesya (1935, Daugavpils), Safronenok (Hamburg) Khaya (1935 [sic], Daugavpils) and Hamburg Mendel (1930, Daugavpils) — lived in Daugavpils in the postwar years. B.'s brother Hamburg Zalman (1928, Daugavpils) lived and worked in Israel in the 1970s. In 1973 B. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her daughter's father-in-law, Plavin Iosif (1901, Daugavpils).

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Birman Vulf (1919, Daugavpils) — husband\
Plavina (Birman) Rakhil (1951, Riga) — daughter\
Hamburg Leiba (1904, Daugavpils) — father\
Hamburg Musya (1901, Daugavpils – 1966, Daugavpils) — mother\
Norkina (Hamburg) Pesya (1935, Daugavpils) — sister\
Safronenok (Hamburg) Khaya (1935 [sic], Daugavpils) — sister\
Hamburg Mendel (1930, Daugavpils) — brother\
Hamburg Zalman (1928, Daugavpils) — brother\
Plavin Iosif (1901, Daugavpils) — daughter's father-in-law