Budanitsky Aleksey Ayzikovich (5 December 1920, Parichi, Gomel Region) — barber.
Aleksey Budnitsky was the son of Ayzik Budanitsky (1871, Parichi, Gomel Region – 1953, Parichi) and Esther Budanitskaya (née Perchik) (1876, Parichi, Gomel Region – 1956, Parichi).
In 1939, he graduated from secondary school in Parichi. In 1940, he was drafted into the Soviet Army.
In August 1941, he was taken prisoner. After his release in April 1945, he served as a private in the Labour Army.
In 1947, Aleksey Budanitsky returned to Parichi, where he worked as a barber at the local rural consumer cooperative (sel’po) until 1952.
From 1951 to 1960, he was employed as a barber in the New Life Artel.
In 1960, he moved to Riga and worked until 1961 as a master barber in the Municipal Utilities Trust of Jūrmala and Riga.
From 1961 to 1976, he worked as a men’s hairdresser at the Laimdota enterprise.
From 1976, he worked as a maintenance mechanic at the Electron production association.
Aleksey Budnitsky was awarded the Medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”
In his marriage to Maria Budanitskaya (née Komissarchik) (b. 1926, Parichi, Gomel Region), two children were born: Grigory Budanitsky (b. 1931, Parichi, Bobruisk Region) and Mikhail Budanitsky (b. 1955, Parichi, Gomel Region)
During the Holocaust, his brother Simen Budanitsky (1901–1941, Parichi) was killed.
His brothers Naum Budanitsky (1903–1943) and Grigory Budanitsky (1910–1944) died heroically on the front during the 2nd World War.
His sisters — Faina Malykina (née Budanitskaya) (b. 1915, Parichi) and Raisa Okun (née Budanitskaya) (1917, Parichi – 1977, Riga) — lived in Riga in the postwar years.
In 1980, Aleksey Budanitsky received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Shmuel Bakva (b. 1917, Parichi), who had emigrated to Palestine in 1939.
Family members:
Maria Budanitskaya (née Komissarchik) (b. 1926, Parichi, Gomel Region) — wife
Grigory Budanitsky (b. 1931, Parichi, Bobruisk Region) — son
Mikhail Budanitsky (b. 1955, Parichi, Gomel Region) — son
Ayzik Budanitsky (1871–1953) — father
Esther Budanitskaya (née Perchik) (1876–1956) — mother
Simen Budanitsky (1901–1941) — brother
Naum Budanitsky (1903–1943) — brother
Grigory Budanitsky (1910–1944) — brother
Faina Malykina (née Budanitskaya) (b. 1915) — sister
Raisa Okun (née Budanitskaya) (1917–1977) — sister
Shmuel Bakva (b. 1917, Parichi) — cousin