Ershova (Yershova /Jerschova) (née Berzina; formerly Smargonskaya) Anna Yakovlevna (born 1907, Rēzekne) — educator.
Anna Ershova graduated from the Latvian State University in 1936, qualifying to teach at secondary school level. Simultaneously, from 1928 to 1936 she worked as an administrative clerk, and from 1936 to 1940 taught at the Rauhvarger Gymnasium in Riga. From 1940 to 1941 she continued teaching at Riga Secondary School No. 2.
In 1941, Eershova was evacuated to Shymkent, where until 1943 she taught at the KIM Secondary School, and from 1943 to 1944 at the Kirov Secondary School. In 1944 she returned to Riga and until 1949 served as an educational methodologist for institutions overseen by the People’s Commissariat of Forestry of the Latvian SSR. From 1949 to 1969, she was teacher and deputy headteacher at Riga School No. 83 (later renumbered No. 40).
Yershova was awarded medals for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45.
Family Background & Personal Life
First husband: Nokhim Smargonsky (b. 1909, Rēzekne – d. 1941, Riga)
Daughter with first husband: Marina Smargonskaya (b. 1938, Riga – d. 1941, Riga)
Parents:
Yakov Berzin (1881, Rēzekne – d. 1941, Rēzekne)
Minna Berzina (née Bobrina; 1882, Sabile – d. 1941, Rēzekne)
All four—husband, daughter and parents—perished during the Holocaust in 1941.
Brother: Iosif Berzin (b. 1920, Rēzekne – d. 1942, Kuibyshev Region) died during the Second World War.
After the war, Anna remarried Israel Yershov (b. 1907, Rēzekne – d. 1966, Riga).
In 1969, Anna Ershova received permission to emigrate to Israel, following invitations from her brother, Efroim Livke (née Berzin) (b. 1916, Rēzekne) and her sisters: Gusta Giladi (née Berzin) (b. 1910, Rēzekne) and Miryam Berman (née Berzin) (b. 1913, Rēzekne).
Nokhim Smargonsky (b. 1909, Rēzekne – d. 1941, Riga) -1st husband
Marina Smargonskaya (b. 1938, Riga – d. 1941, Riga) - daughter
Israel Ershov (b. 1907, Rēzekne – d. 1966, Riga) - 2nd husband
Yakov Berzin (1881, Rēzekne – d. 1941, Rēzekne) -father
Minna Berzina (née Bobrina; 1882, Sabile – d. 1941, Rēzekne) - mother
Gusta Giladi (née Berzin) (b. 1910, Rēzekne) - sister
Miryam Berman (née Berzin) (b. 1913, Rēzekne) - sister
Iosif Berzin (b. 1920, Rēzekne – d. 1942, Kuibyshev Region) - brother
Efroim Livke (née Berzin) (b. 1916, Rēzekne) - brother