Falkova (née Krizovskaya) Minukha (Minucha) Leibovna (born 1 December 1921, Devėniškės, Šalčininkai district, Vilnius region) — worker, sales cashier, maintenance employee.

After completing 7 classes of a Polish school, in 1937–1939 Minukha Falkova was an apprentice to a photographer; in 1940–1941 she worked as a librarian in a rural club (Devėniškės).

From 1941 to 1943, she was in evacuation, working in the carpentry workshop of the artel “23rd Anniversary of the Red Army.” From 1943 to 1945, she volunteered to the front together with her sister (Lithuanian Division).

After demobilization:

  • 1945–1946 — telephone operator at the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the Lithuanian SSR (Vilnius) 

  • 1946–1947 — cashier at Grocery Store No. 1 (Kaunas) 

  • 1947–1951 — store manager of the ORS of the Lithuanian Railway (Vilnius) 

  • 1951–1957 — shoemaker at the “Krasnaya Zvezda” factory 

  • 1957–1960 — waitress at the “Saulstari” sanatorium (?) (Ogre) 

  • 1960–1961 — seamstress in a hat workshop of the household services combine of the Moscow District (Riga) 

  • 1961–1962 — seamstress at the “Somdaris” factory 

  • 1962–1963 — seamstress at the “Fantaziya” factory 

  • 1963–1965 — seamstress at the “Latvija” factory 

From 1951 to 1960, she was a member of the CPSU; she was expelled for marrying a former political prisoner (Article 58).

Since 1957, she was married to Lev Shmerlevich Falkov. Their daughter was Dolores Lvovna Falkova.

Her father, Leiba Kalmanovich Krizovsky (1891, Devėniškės — ?, ?), was chairman of the village council in Devėniškės and was shot by the Nazi. Her mother, Mikhlya Nakhemyevna Krizovskaya (1890, Ivye — ?, ?), was also shot by the Nazi.

Her sisters — Riva Leybovna Kabene (1917, Devėniškės — ?, ?) and Keylya Leybovna Krizovskaya (1919, Devėniškės — ?, ?) — were shot by the Nazi. Her brother, Kalman Leybovich Krizovsky (1924, Devėniškės — ?, ?), was also shot by the Nazi.

Minukha Falkova emigrated to Israel in 1967.

From her autobiography:

“When the war began, our family was evacuated. On the way we got separated, and I remained with my older sister. When the war ended, I could not find any of my relatives. To this day, I do not know their fate.”

Family :

Lev Shmerlevich Falkov — husband
Dolores Lvovna Falkova — daughter
Leiba Kalmanovich Krizovsky — father
Mikhlya Nakhemyevna Krizovskaya — mother
Riva Leibovna Kabene — sister
Keilya Leibovna Krizovskaya — sister
Kalman Leibovich Krizovsky — brother

Autobiography: http://gazeta.rjews.net/kravchik60.shtml