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Gershkovich Gershko Rafailovich (1911)

Personal data
SurnameGershkovich
NameGershko
PatronymRafailovich
Birth year1911
Birth month3
Birth day10
Birth placeTecuci
SexM

Gershkovich (Gerschkowitsch) Gershko (Gerschko) Rafailovich (10 March 1911, Tecuci, Romania) — labourer.

Gershko Gershkovich completed secondary school in Romania. Until 1933, he worked in private establishments. From 1934 to 1936, he served in the Romanian Army. Between 1936 and 1940, he was employed by a private enterprise in Bucharest. In 1940, he was mobilised into the Romanian Army with the rank of private. Until 1941, he held Romanian citizenship. In 1941, following the incorporation of Moldova into the USSR, he acquired Soviet citizenship.

He was mobilised to the labour front and worked at transport enterprises in Krasnovodsk until 1947. In 1948, he moved to Chișinău. From 1948 to 1954, he worked as a labourer and builder for the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions’ “Sanstroy” project in Moscow. In 1954, he relocated to Riga, working until 1956 at the “Daugava” artel. From 1956, he was employed at the “Rīgas Aditājs” artel.

In 1956, he submitted his first application for temporary travel to Romania at the invitation of relatives. In 1969, he was granted permission to emigrate to Israel to join his sister, Tofa Lipman (née Gershkovich) (b. 1893, Romania). Due to health reasons, he was forced to postpone his departure and reapplied for permission in 1971.

Mina Gershkovich (d. 1935, Rălăți, Romania) — mother
Rafael Gershkovich (d. 1924, Rălăți, Romania) — father
Paula Ștefănescu (née Gershkovich) (b. 1908, Romania) — sister
Tofa Lipman (née Gershkovich) (b. 1893, Romania) — sister