Fel (Fels) Ruvin Peysovich (20.02.1914, Jēkabpils) — trade worker. Son of butcher Fels Peysel (1871, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) and Fels Khaya (1875, Jēkabpils — 1914, Jēkabpils). In 1934, graduated from a Riga gymnasium. Until 1934, worked as shopkeeper at the Lifshits firm in Riga. In 1934–36 — shopkeeper at the firm “Rode Gershteyn” in Riga. In 1936–37 — served in the Latvian Army, private in the 9th Infantry Regiment. In 1934, F. joined the underground Komsomol organisation; in 1938, became a member of the Communist Party. In 1937, F. went to Spain and fought in the national brigades. During the retreat to France, was held in a concentration camp for International Brigaders. In 1940, F. escaped from the camps, worked as a stoker on international shipping lines, and in 1941 returned to Latvia after obtaining a visa at the Soviet Consulate General in New York. In 1941, F. served in the Soviet Army as head of border security of the Jelgava District of the Latvian SSR. In 1941–42 — interpreter at the headquarters of the 29th Army in Rzhev. In 1942–44 — assistant head of the intelligence department of the 44th Guards Division. In 1944–45 — in the reserve of the Leningrad Front. In 1945 — assistant head of the POW camp in Riga. In 1945–46 — deputy head of supply at the Riga Confectionery Industry Trust. In 1946–50 — shop manager at the city industrial trade. In 1950–52, F. was under investigation; fully acquitted by the Supreme Court of the Latvian SSR. In 1952–53 — foreman at the “9 May” cooperative. In 1953–59 — workshop head at the “Ausma” (“Rigas Aditajs”) cooperative. In 1959, F. suffered a heart attack and did not work until 1961. In 1961–71 — section master and workshop head at the knitwear and headwear combine in Riga. Awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals “For Combat Merit,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45,” “20 Years of Victory” and “For Valiant Labour to Mark the 100th Anniversary of V.I. Lenin's Birth.” His marriage to Fel (Braude) Rokha (1923, Riga) produced children Fel Pavel (1946, Riga) and Fel Anita (1954, Riga). In the Holocaust, F.'s father, brothers and sister — Fels Mordukh (1901, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga), Fels Folya (1903, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga), Flaksman (Fels) Bela (1905, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) and Fels Gilel (1912, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — perished. In 1971, F. received permission to emigrate to Israel.

A. Norman

Fel (Braude) Rokha (1923, Riga) — wife
Fel Pavel (1946, Riga) — son
Fel Anita (1954, Riga) — daughter
Fels Peysel (1871, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — father
Fels Khaya (1875, Jēkabpils — 1914, Jēkabpils) — mother
Fels Mordukh (1901, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — brother
Fels Folya (1903, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — brother
Flaksman (Fels) Bela (1905, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — sister
Fels Gilel (1912, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — brother
Fels Gershon (1907, Jēkabpils — 1971, Riga) — brother
Fels Ilya (1909, Jēkabpils — 1963, Riga) — brother