Griz (Livshits) Sara Zamuilovna (5 December 1920, Preiļi) — hairdresser.

After completing six grades of primary school in 1934, Sara Griz mastered the craft of hairdressing in 1937. From 1938 to 1941, she worked as a stylist at Vilis Berzs’s salon in Jūrmala. In 1941, she was evacuated to the Kyrgyz SSR and until 1942 worked as a hairdresser in the “Bytovik” artel in Orsha. From 1942 to 1945, she served as a hairdresser at the No. 4108 hospital in Orsha. In 1945, she returned to Latvia and until autumn worked as a hairdresser for the Latvian Railway workforce. Between 1945 and 1950 she was a men’s stylist in Preiļi. In 1950, Sara moved to Riga, and from 1953 onward worked as a hairdressing master at the “Laimdota” salon complex (formerly the Riga Hairdressing Management Office).

During the Holocaust, her entire family perished: her parents Zamuil Livshits (1893–1941) and Sula Livshits (née Nagle) (1896–1941), and her younger siblings Frida and Leyzer (both born 1939, died 1941), along with Joseph Livshits (1924–1941). She married Mikhail Griz (b. 1919, Riga), but they divorced in 1960. Their son, Griz Hirsh Mikhailovich (b. 1947, Preiļi), emigrated to Israel in 1971—his mother’s first emigration petition, filed in 1966, was approved that year upon invitation from her cousin Khaviva Livshits (b. 1924, Preiļi).

Family:

Husband – Mikhail Griz (b. 1919, Riga)

Son – Hirsh Griz (b. 1947, Preiļi)

Father – Zamuil Livshits (1893–1941)
Mother – Sula Livshits (née Nagle) (1896–1941)
Sister – Frida Livshits (1939–1941)
Brother – Leyzer Livshits (1939–1941)
Brother – Joseph Livshits (1924–1941)
Cousin – Khaviva Livshits (b. 1924, Preiļi)