Goldberger Semyon Gavrilovich (born 20 March 1913, Újpest, Hungary) — procurement officer.

Semyon Goldberger graduated from a higher theological seminary in Satu Mare, Romania, in 1928. Until 1934, he worked as a clerk for a private entrepreneur in Satu Mare. From 1934 to 1937, he was a slaughterman at an abattoir in Piatra Neamț (Romania), and from 1937 to 1941, worked in the same role in Baimaclia, Bessarabia.

From 1942 to 1946, he was employed as a labourer and intake officer at a procurement office in Shafrikana, Bukhara Region, USSR. In 1945, having found himself on Soviet territory, he accepted Soviet citizenship.

In 1946, Semyon Goldberger moved to Riga and until 1948 worked as a procurement agent for agricultural products at the Coopinsouz. From 1948 to 1956, he was a kiosk manager at Riga’s 2nd Municipal Industrial Trade Organisation. From 1956 to 1958, he served as chair of the Jewish community in Riga. He was later appointed head of a knitting workshop at the Consumer Services Combine in Berehove, Transcarpathia (1960–1961). From 1962 to 1964, he was an expediter at the chrome plant in Dzhambul, Kazakh SSR. Beginning in 1964, he worked as a locksmith at the Riga Natural Gas Office.

Prior to 1945, Goldberger held Hungarian citizenship.

He was married to Elka Goldberger (née Sher) (born 1915, Viļāni), and they had three children:

– Ida Goldberger (born 1946, Bukhara Region)

– Gavriel Goldberger (born 1947, Riga)

– Silim Goldberger (born 1947, Riga)

Goldberger’s parents, Tabor Goldberger (1885, Bratislava – 1944, Auschwitz) and Rosa Goldberger (née Frenkel) (1895, Újpest – 1944, Auschwitz), were murdered during the Holocaust. His sister Hanka Goldberger (1923–1944, Újpest) also perished in Auschwitz, and his brother Zsigmond Goldberger (1917, Újpest – date unknown, died in Buchenwald). His brother Yosef Goldberger (1930, Újpest) went missing during the Second World War.

In 1968, Semyon Goldberger and his family received permission to emigrate to the United States to reunite with siblings: Riza Sabel (née Goldberger) (born 1914, Újpest), Revekka Zinner (née Goldberger) (born 1921, Újpest), Leah Zinner (née Goldberger) (born 1921, Újpest), and Shandor Goldberger (born 1925, Újpest).

Family:

Elka Goldberger (née Sher) (born 1915, Viļāni) — wife
Ida Goldberger (born 1946, Bukhara Region) — daughter
Gavriel Goldberger (born 1947, Riga) — son
Silim Goldberger (born 1947, Riga) — son
Tabor Goldberger (1885, Bratislava – 1944, Auschwitz) — father
Rosa Goldberger (née Frenkel) (1895, Újpest, Hungary – 1944, Auschwitz) — mother
Shari Badantina (née Goldberger) (born 1919, Újpest, Hungary) — sister
Zsigmund Goldberger (born 1917, Újpest, Hungary – died in Buchenwald, date unknown) — brother
Yosef Goldberger (born 1930, Újpest, Hungary – missing during the Second World War) — brother
Babi Goldberger (born 1931, Újpest, Hungary – 1943, Újpest) — sister
Shandor Goldberger (born 1925, Újpest, Hungary) — brother
Hanka Goldberger (born 1923, Újpest, Hungary – 1944, Auschwitz) — sister
Riza Sabel (née Goldberger) (born 1914, Újpest, Hungary) — sister
Revekka Zinner (née Goldberger) (born 1921, Újpest, Hungary) — sister
Leah Zinner (née Goldberger) (born 1921, Újpest, Hungary) — sister