Gusinskaya (Prezma, Wald) Lia Osherovna (28 April 1940, Riga) — office employee.

Lia Gusinskaya was born in Riga to Osher Prezma (1909) and Ginda Prezma (1912). Between 1957 and 1959, she trained as a seamstress in the “Taupība” artel. From 1959 to 1960, she worked as a bookkeeper in the Riga District Health Department. In 1962, she graduated from the 1st Riga Medical College. From 1962 to 1963, she was employed at the “Pirmā maija” factory, and between 1963 and 1965, served as a lab assistant in the town of Audriņi (Rēzekne district). From 1965 onwards, she was a homemaker.

Lia’s first marriage to Izraēl Wald (born 1940, Riga) ended in divorce in 1966. She later married Yesel (Iosel) Gusinsky (born 1924, Zilupe), who adopted her son from the first marriage, Robert Wald Gusinsky (born 1965, Riga). In 1969, she received permission to emigrate to Israel, based on an invitation from her father’s sister, Tsavrira Levina (born 1912).

Family

Yesel (Iosel) Gusinsky (born 1924, Zilupe) — husband
Walds Izraēls (born 1940, Riga) — first husband
Robert Gusinsky (née Walds) (1965, Riga) — son
Osher Prezma (1909) — father
Ginda Prezma (1912) — mother
Iosif Prezma (1937, Riga) — brother
Nesil Prezma (born 1946, Riga) — brother
Tsavrira Levina (born 1912) — paternal aunt