Feldman (Feldmann) Savely (Sawely) (Abe-Tsemekh) Borisovich (16 January 1925, Subate) — locksmith.
In 1938, Savely Feldman graduated from 6 classes of the 13th basic Jewish school in Riga. From 1938 to 1941, he worked as a locksmith apprentice and locksmith in the workshops of M. A. Feldman in Riga. In 1941, he was evacuated to Yaroslavl Region and worked as a locksmith at the “Selkhoztekhnika” enterprise at Andropovo station. At the end of 1941, he moved to Astrakhan and worked on the construction of the Astrakhan–Kizlyar railway.
In 1942, Savely Feldman was mobilised into the active army and fought on the 3rd Ukrainian and 2nd Belorussian Fronts. In 1945, was seriously wounded and recognised as a disabled veteran of the Great Patriotic War (Group II). Sent for treatment to Chita. In 1945, he returned to Riga and until 1978 worked as a locksmith-mechanic at the Riga Wagon-Building Plant. From 1978 — old-age pensioner.
In marriage with Feiga Feldman, née Milner (1927, Subate), sons were born: Boris Feldman (1947, Riga) and Mikhail Feldman (1948, Riga). In 1960, changed his name from Abe-Tsemekh to Savely.
Savely Feldman was awarded the medals “For Battle Merit”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, “30 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, and “For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin”.
His parents, Boris Feldman (1897, Subate – 1941, Riga) and Masha Feldman, née Disler (1902, Subate – 1941, Riga), were killed at the beginning of the war. Of ten children, four survived the war. The following were killed or shot: Khaym-Simen Feldman (1931, Subate – 1941, Riga), Reikhe-Tsipe Feldman (1927, Subate – 1941, Rumbula), Mina Feldman (1933, Subate – 1941, Rumbula), and Doba Feldman (1937, Subate – 1941, Rumbula). His sister Khaya-Asne Feldman (1923, Subate – …) was deported to Germany in 1943 and has since been listed as missing. His youngest sister, born in 1939 (name unknown), went missing in 1941. Sisters Freide-Ginda Bronstein (née Feldman) (1929, Subate) and Sore-Khane Feldman (1935, Subate) were deported to concentration camps in Germany. After liberation in 1946, they emigrated to what is now Israel. His sister Bluma Feldman (1920, Subate – 1968, Tel Aviv) is buried in Israel.
In 1979, the family received permission to emigrate to Israel to join his wife’s cousin, Feiga (Faina) Kleiman, née Aronovich (1926, Riga).
Family:
Feiga Feldman, née Milner (1927, Subate) — wife
Boris Feldman (1947, Riga) — son
Mikhail Feldman (1948, Riga) — son
Boris Feldman (1897, Subate – 1941, Riga) — father
Masha Feldman, née Disler (1902, Subate – 1941, Riga) — mother
Khaym-Simen Feldman (1931, Subate – 1941, Riga) — brother
Bluma Feldman (1920, Subate – 1968, Tel Aviv) — sister
Khaya-Asne Feldman (1923, Subate – …) — sister
Reikhe-Tsipe Feldman (1927, Subate – 1941, Rumbula) — sister
Freide-Ginda Bronstein (née Feldman) (1929, Subate) — sister
Mina Feldman (1933, Subate – 1941, Rumbula) — sister
Sore-Khane Feldman (1935, Subate) — sister
Doba Feldman (1937, Subate – 1941, Rumbula) — sister
Unnamed Feldman sister (1939, Riga – 1941?) — sister
Feiga (Faina) Kleiman, née Aronovich (1926, Riga) — wife’s cousin