Gildenson (Gildersohn) Samuil Zelikovich (b. 1927) – labourer.

Samuil Gildenson was born into the family of Zelik Borisovich Gildenson (1893, Vitebsk – 1959, Riga) and Dora Leibovna Gildenson (1891, Vitebsk – 1974, Riga). During the Second World War, he was evacuated to the Gorky Region, where he worked at the “Medvezhya Polyana” kolkhoz (1941–1942), and then at the “Perevoz” kolkhoz in the Kirov Region (1942–1943). From 1943 to 1944, he worked as a general labourer for the Latvian Council of People's Commissars in Moscow. Upon returning to Riga, he served as storekeeper at the Metropol Hotel (1944–1947), and then as a procurement agent for the Glavgaztopprom holiday home in Jūrmala (1947–1948). He served in the Soviet Army from 1948 to 1952.

After demobilisation, he worked as a procurement agent at the Oil and Lubricants Factory in Riga (1952–1953), and then as a goods receiver for the Riga District Consumer Union (1953–1956) and for the Latvian Consumer Union (1956–1958).

Married to Lyubov Yakovlevna Gildenson (née Dimenshtein) (also known as Liba Yankelovna; b. 1927, Vilnius), with whom he had a son,Oleg Samuilovich Gildenson (b. 1953, Riga).

In 1958, Samuil Gildenson received permission to repatriate to Poland, where his wife’s brother, Boris Yakovlevich Dimenshtein, had lived since 1957. Later, in 1968, Samuil Gildenson emigrated to Mexico.

Family members:

Zelik Borisovich Gildenson (1893–1959) – father
Dora Leibovna Gildenson (1891–1974) – mother
Raia (Rachel) Zelikovna Moiseyeva (née Gildenson) (b. 1916) – sister (emigrated to Israel in 1973)
Feiga Zelikovna Shapova (née Gildenson) (b. 1919) – sister
Beila Zelikovna Gasulis (née Gildenson) (b. 1921) – sister
Riva Zelikovna Livshits (née Gildenson) (b. 1932) – sister
Boris Zelikovich Gildenson (b. 1924, Riga) – brother
Lyubov Yakovlevna Gildenson (née Dimenshtein) (b. 1927) – wife
Oleg Samuilovich Gildenson (b. 1953) – son