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Grein Sheina Yerukhimovna (1924)

Personal data
SurnameGrein
NameSheina
PatronymYerukhimovna
Birth year1924
SexF

Grein (née Dimant) Sheina (Scheina) Yerukhimovna (b. 1924) — accountant.

Sheina Grein was born into the family of butcher Yerukhim Dimant (1901–1963), she studied and worked in Riga. She completed nine grades at an evening school. During the war years, she graduated from Vocational School No. 9 in Riga, specializing as an electrician. She spent the early years of the war in evacuation in Kurgan Oblast (Kolkhoz Svetly Put’). After returning to Riga, in 1945 she registered her marriage with Meier Grein (1918). She worked as a bookkeeper and accountant. In 1979, she retired. Non-partisan. She was awarded the Medal “Veteran of Labour”.

Her elder brother, Rakhmiel Dimant (b. 1927), emigrated to Israel with his family in 1974. Her younger brother, Aharon Yisrael Dimant, left for Poland in 1960 and a year later moved with his family to Israel.

Family:

Grein Meier Abramovich (1918) — husband
Dimant Yerukhim Khaimovich (1901–1963) — father
Dimant (née Katz) Khaya Solomonovna (1901–1981) — mother
Dimant Rakhmiel Yerukhimovich (b. 1927) — brother
Dimant Aharon Yisrael Yerukhimovich (b. 1928) — brother