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Churilova Matla Abramovna (1919)

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SurnameChurilova
NameMatla
PatronymAbramovna
Birth year1919
Birth month10
Birth day18
Birth placeGostini
SexF

Churilova (Iofe) Matla Abramovna (18.10.1919, Gostini) — knitter. In 1934, completed 6 grades of primary school in Gostini. In 1935, Ch. moved to Riga and worked as a knitter for private businesspeople.
In 1941, Ch. was evacuated to Murom, Vladimir Oblast, where she worked on a subsidiary farm. In 1945–63 — knitter at the “Rigas Aditajs” enterprise. In 1963, Ch. was tried and by the People's Court of the Moskovsky District of Riga sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment under Art. 151 pt. 2 of the Latvian SSR Criminal Code. After her release in 1967, Ch. returned to work at the “Rigas Aditajs” enterprise. Ch.'s first husband, Churilov Idel-Yankel (1914, Pļaviņas — 1942), fell heroically on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Her marriage to Tsentciper Fayvush (1915, Ludza) (dissolved) produced a daughter Tsentciper Khana (1959, Riga). Ch.'s parents, Iofe Abram (1896, Gostini — 1941(?)) and Iofe Esfir (1898, Gostini — 1941(?)), perished in the Holocaust. Ch.'s brother, Iofe Man (1922, Gostini — …), went missing on the front. Ch.'s sister, Sher (Iofe) Genya (1917, Gostini), lived and worked in Israel in the late 1960s. Ch.'s brother, Iofe Leyb (1924, Gostini), received permission to emigrate to Israel in 1973. In 1969, Ch. received permission to emigrate from Latvia.

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Churilov Idel-Yankel (1914, Pļaviņas — 1942) — first husband
Tsentciper Fayvush (1915, Ludza) — second husband
Tsentciper Khana (1959, Riga) — daughter
Iofe Abram (1896, Gostini — 1941(?)) — father
Iofe Esfir (1898, Gostini — 1941(?)) — mother
Sher (Iofe) Genya (1917, Gostini) — sister
Iofe Man (1922, Gostini — …) — brother
Iofe Leyb (1924, Gostini) — brother