Bogdan (née Pogrebs) Elota Ilyinichna (born 25 December 1923, Rezekne) – nurse.
In 1940–41, Elota Bogdan worked as a sales assistant in a shoe shop in Jēkabpils. In 1941, she was evacuated to Vyazniki, Ivanovo Region, where she worked as a weaver in a textile factory until 1942. From 1942 to 1943, she was a seamstress at a garment factory in Sovetsk, Kirov Region. Between 1943 and 1946, she was a labourer at military factories in Kirov and Kharkiv. In 1946, she moved to Krustpils. From 1946 to 1951, she worked as a nurse at the Daugavpils Psychiatric Hospital, the Rezekne United Hospital, and the Abeli Children’s Home.
In 1952, Elota Bogdan completed a one-year nursing course at Riga City Hospital No. 4. From 1952 to 1975, she was employed as a nurse in various institutions: Riga City Hospital No. 4, the Republican Tuberculosis Dispensary, the District Military Sanatorium of the Baltic Military District, Riga Maternity Hospital No. 1, Riga Children's Home No. 6, Riga Disabled Children's Home No. 2, the Aviation School of the Civil Air Fleet Special Service in Riga, Riga Polyclinic No. 7-1, Riga Children's Polyclinic No. 1, the Railway Hospital and Polyclinic of the Baltic Railway, the “Riga” holiday home and the “Bulduri” sanatorium in Jūrmala, the Resort Polyclinic of Riga Seaside, Riga City Hospital No. 2, Riga Children's Hospital No. 2, and Riga City United Hospital No. 5.
Her marriage to Viktor Bogdan (b. 1930, Krāslava District) was dissolved in 1967. During the Holocaust, her parents, Ilya Pogrebs (b. 1881, Viļāni – d. 1941, Jēkabpils) and Rakhil Pogrebs (née Tsintsiper) (b. 1901, Viļāni – d. 1941, Jēkabpils), and her sister Yakhveda Pogrebs (b. 1933, Jēkabpils – d. 1941, Jēkabpils), were killed. Her brother, Leib Pogrebs (b. 1925, Viļāni – d. 1936, Riga), had died earlier.
In 1977, Elota Bogdan received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her cousin Ella Kagan (née Veynreikh, later Herzenberg) (b. 1929, Tukums).
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Viktor Bogdan (b. 1930, Krāslava District) – husband
Ilya Pogrebs (1881–1941) – father
Rakhil Pogrebs (née Tsintsiper) (1901–1941) – mother
Leib Pogrebs (1925–1936) – brother
Yakhveda Pogrebs (1933–1941) – sister
Ella Kagan (née Veynreikh, later Herzenberg) (b. 1929) – cousin