Elkovskaya (Sverdlova) Estera Shapsovna (13.11.1926, Gostini village, Daugavpils District) — worker. Daughter of timber grader Sverdlov Shaps (1902 — 1960, Riga) and Sverdlova (Ipugdina) Leya (1899, Vārkaļi). In 1940, completed 5 grades of Jewish school in Riga. In 1941, was evacuated to Kanukova, Kalmyk ASSR. In 1942, moved to the Urals together with her parents. In 1943, completed 8th grade of secondary school in Kamensk-Uralsky. In 1943–45 — student at Vocational School No. 1 in Novosibirsk. In 1945, re-evacuated to Riga. In 1945–46 — fitter-tool-maker at the VEF plant. In 1949–51 — shopkeeper at the ORS of the Riga section of the 1st Latvian Railway. In 1955–58 — shopkeeper at the 2nd Riga City Industrial Trade enterprise. In 1961–62 — motorist at the Riga Leather and Haberdashery Factory. In 1962–67 — senior supply inspector at the Riga Red Cross Society. In 1967 — heel-covering worker at the “Rekords” factory. From 1967 — timepiece-keeper at workshop No. 1 of the “Darbs” production association. In 1958, E. was tried under Art. 2 of the decree of 4.06.1947 and by the Supreme Court sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment; released under amnesty in 1961. Her marriage to Elkovskiy Meyer (1920, Riga) produced sons Elkovskiy Aba (1947, Riga) and Elkovskiy Sharl (1961, Riga). In the Holocaust, E.'s sister and brother — Sverdlova Brokha (1924, Daugavpils — 1941, Riga) and Sverdlov Zalman (1928, Daugavpils — 1941, Riga) — perished. In 1971, E. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her second cousin Ritvo (Kazimir) Fanya (1922, Limbaži), who in 1956 had emigrated from Latvia to Poland and subsequently lived in Israel.

A. Norman

Elkovskiy Meyer (1920, Riga) — husband
Elkovskiy Aba (1947, Riga) — son
Elkovskiy Sharl (1961, Riga) — son
Sverdlov Shapse (1902 — 1960, Riga) — father
Sverdlova (Ipugdina) Leya (1899, Vārkaļi) — mother
Sverdlova Brokha (1924, Daugavpils — 1941, Riga) — sister
Sverdlov Zalman (1928, Daugavpils — 1941, Riga) — brother
Gleyzerman (Sverdlova) Roza (1923, Daugavpils) — sister
Ritvo (Kazimir) Fanya (1922, Limbaži) — second cousin