Gildenson (Gildensohn) (Dimenshtein) Lyubov Yakovlevna (15 December 1926, Vilnius) – educator.

According to birth records, her name was Liba Yankelovna and she was born into the family of tailor Yakov (Yankel) Leibovich Dimenshtein (b. 1890, Vitebsk) and shop assistant Leia Aronovna Dimenshtein (née Helgor)(b. 1901, Smorgon, Molodechno Region).

In 1941, Lubov Gildenson was evacuated to Turtkul, Kara-Kalpak ASSR, and later moved to Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), where she worked as a proofreader at the central telegraph office (1946–1947). After relocating to Riga, she graduated from the Riga Pedagogical Institute (1947–1951). She worked as a bibliographer at the officer advancement courses of the Baltic Military District (1952) and then as a teacher of Russian language and literature at Secondary School No. 44 (1952–1958).

She was married to Samuil Zelikovich Gildenson (b. 1927, Riga), and their son, Oleg Samuilovich Gildenson, was born in 1953 in Riga.

In 1958, Lubov Gildenson received permission to repatriate to Poland, where her brother Boris Yakovlevich Dimenshtein had been living since 1957. She later emigrated to Mexico.

By N. Voronova

Family members:

Yakov (Yankel) Leibovich Dimenshtein (b. 1890) – father
Leia Aronovna Dimenshtein (née Helgor) (b. 1901) – mother
Shifra Yankelovna Helgor (née Dimenshtein) (b. 1923) – sister
Chaya Yakovlevna Landsmanas (née Dimenshtein) (b. 1924) – sister
Boris Yakovlevich Dimenshtein (date of birth not specified) – brother
Samuil Zelikovich Gilderson (b. 1927) – husband
Oleg Samuilovich Gilderson (b. 1953) – son