Dlin (née Padoksik) Tzilya Lvovna (8 November 1905, Riga – 1985, Israel)

Tzilya Lvovna Dlin (née Padoksik) worked as a sales assistant in Riga. She was the daughter of Leiba Padoksik (b. 1881, Borisovo, Minsk region – d. 1941, Riga) and Basya Padoksik (née Jakobson; b. 1879, Riga – d. 1939, Riga). In 1920, she completed six years of Jewish school in Riga. From 1920 to 1940, she was employed at the Baron & Baran shop in Riga.

In 1940–41, she trained at Lejbovich’s photo laboratory. During 1941, she was evacuated to Bukhara where she worked in a weaving factory. Repatriated to Riga in 1945, she was employed by the Taupiba artel. Until 1961, she was a homemaker; between 1961 and 1964 she worked from home as a knitting operative for the Daugava and Mara hosiery factories and the Inter‑Industry Home‑Labour Combine. She retired in 1968.

Married to Berka Dlin (b. 1904), she became the adoptive mother of his son, Mozus Dlin (b. 1938, Riga). Her brother, Yahil Padoksik (b. 1909, Riga), was a victim of the Holocaust. A brother, DavidPadoksik (b. 1903, Riga), emigrated from Latvia in 1922 and lived in the USA by the 1970s. Her sister, Parnas (née Padoksik; later Solomyak) Rakhil (b. 1911, Riga), emigrated to Israel in 1972. In 1979, Tzilya Dlin receivedpermission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Berka Dlin (b. 1904) — husband
Mozus Dlin (b. 1938, Riga) — stepson
Leiba Padoksik (1881–1941) — father
Basya Padoksik (née Jakobson; 1879–1939) — mother
David Padoksik (b. 1903, Riga) — brother
Yahil Padoksik (1909–c.1941, Riga) — brother
Parnas (Padoksik, later Solomyak) Rakhil (b. 1911, Riga) — sister