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Borkum Etiya Lazarevna (1914)

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SurnameBorkum
NameEtiya
PatronymLazarevna
Birth year1914
Birth month4
Birth day22
Birth placeVentspils
SexF

Borkum (née Lipshits) Etiya Lazarevna (born 22 April 1914, Ventspils) – seamstress.

Etiya Borkum graduated from a Jewish secondary school. From 1933 to 1940, she worked in various private enterprises in Latvia. In 1941, she was evacuated to Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR, where she worked as a seamstress. In 1945, she was re-evacuated to Riga.

Until 1958, she was a homemaker. From 1958, she worked as a seamstress in the Makslinieks Artel; in 1960, she was transferred to the Trud Artel, and in 1961, to the Riga Leather Accessories Factory. From 1963 to 1967, she was employed as a seamstress at the Somdaris Combine.

In her marriage to Samuil Borkum (b. 1915, Riga – d. 1966, Riga), two children were born: Felina Borkum (b. 1947, Riga) and Leonid Borkum (b. 1953, Riga).

Her parents, Lazar Lipshits (b. 1886, Ventspils – d. 1941(?)) and Lina Lipshits (b. 1887, Ventspils – d. 1941(?)), perished during the Holocaust.

In 1971, Etiya Borkum received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Samuil Borkum (1915–1966) – husband
Felina Borkum (b. 1947, Riga) – daughter
Leonid Borkum (b. 1953, Riga) – son
Lazar Lipshits (1886–1941(?)) – father
Lina Lipshits (1887–1941(?)) – mother