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Gitelson Alisa Avgustovna (1897)

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SurnameGitelson
NameAlisa
PatronymAvgustovna
Birth year1897
Birth month9
Birth day24
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Gitelson (Gitelsohn) (née Shtilbakh) Alisa Avgustovna (b. 24 September 1897, Riga – ?) – educator.

Alisa Gitelson was born into a petty-bourgeois family, she studied from 1907 to 1914 at the Russian Private Women’s Gymnasium of L. Taylova in Riga, earning the qualification to work as a private tutor. From 1919 to 1926, she studied at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Latvia, graduating with a degree in chemical engineering.

Beginning 1 January 1927, she taught mathematics, physics, geometry, and cosmography at the Jelgava Municipal Jewish Gymnasium. In 1937, according to records of the Ministry of Education's Teachers’ Certification Commission, she received full certification as a secondary school teacher.

She was married to Jean Gitelson (b. 1889), a shop owner from Jelgava, and had two daughters: Helena (b. 1930) and Dalia (b. 1933).