Heiman Sara Fayvishevna (1904)
| Personal data |
| Surname | Heiman |
| Name | Sara |
| Patronym | Fayvishevna |
| Birth year | 1904 |
| Sex | F |
Heiman (Heimann) Sara Fayvishevna (b. 1904 — exact date and place of birth unknown) – revolutionary activist, political prisoner, labourer.
From 1918, Sara Heiman worked as an apprentice and later as a seamstress and factory worker, continuing in this role until 1941. Beginning in 1925, she took part in the revolutionary underground movement in Riga. Her activities included distributing illegal literature, serving as a courier, raising funds for political prisoners, and organising support networks to deliver aid to those imprisoned. Among her associates were prominent revolutionaries such as A. Peterson, D. Sverdlina, D. Zilber, and A. Fridland.
In 1932, she was arrested and sentenced to four years of hard labour, ultimately spending five years in prison. After her release, she continued her revolutionary involvement.
During the Second World War, she was evacuated to the Chuvash ASSR, where she worked on a collective farm. She joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1943.
Sara Heiman was awarded the Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, and in 1950 received an Honorary Certificate of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR.
From 1945 to 1956, she worked at the Sarkanais Rīts (Red Morning) knitwear factory, where she was recognised as one of its best workers and actively participated in the factory’s party organisation. She was granted the status of a personal pensioner of republican significance.