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Dimenshtein Leia Aronovna (1901)

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SurnameDimenshtein
NameLeia
PatronymAronovna
Birth year1901
birth_placeSmorgon, Molodechno region

Dimenshtein (Dimenstein) (née Gelgor) Leia Aronovna (b. 1901, Smorgon, Molodechno region) – Sales clerk.

Leia Dimenshtein completed six years of schooling. From 1939 to 1941, she worked as a shop assistant in a store in Riga and later in Gorpromtorg (Municipal Trade Organization) from 1949 to 1958.

She was married to Yakov (Yankel) Leibovich Dimenshtein (b. 1890, Vitebsk), with whom she had the following children:

Shifra Yankelovna Gelgor (Dimenshtein) (b. 1923) – daughter, Chaya Yakovlevna Landsmanas (Dimenshtein) (b. 1924) – daughter, Lyubov Yakovlevna Gildenson (née Dimenshtein, Liba Yankelovna) (b. 1927) – daughter, Boris Yakovlevich Dimenshtein – son(birth date not specified in records)

In 1958, Leia Dimenshtein received permission to emigrate to Poland, where her son Boris had been residing since 1957. She later moved to Mexico.