Hirshovitz (Hirschowitz, Girshovits) (née Grinfeld) Yanina (Janina) Yefimovna (b. 29 February 1920, Voronezh) – nurse.

Yanina Hirshovitz was the daughter of Yefim Grinfeld (1897, Riga – 1920, Voronezh) and Gita Perl (née Blumberg, 1900, Jelgava – 1941, Salaspils).

In 1922, she completed studies at Riga’s 2nd Primary School on Charlotte Street. She graduated from secondary school in 1936. From 1936 to 1940, she worked as a secretary-typist at the Berlet factory. Between 1940 and 1941, she studied at the Riga School of Law.

In 1941, Yanina Hirshovitz was evacuated to the Bukhara region and worked on the Krupskaya kolkhoz in Kermene until 1942. That year, she completed her training at the Tirlyan Medical School in the Bashkir ASSR, qualifying as a nurse. From 1942 to 1945, she worked as a nurse at the Syuginsky kindergarten and hospital in the Udmurt ASSR.

In 1945, she returned to Riga. Until 1946, she worked as a codifier at the People's Commissariat of Justice of the Latvian SSR. From 1946 to 1958, she was a homemaker.

In 1958, she resumed her medical career, working as a nurse at the Jūrnieks sanatorium in Jūrmala. From 1959 to 1970 and again from 1971 to 1973, she was a nurse at Riga City Polyclinic No. 4. In 1970–1971, she worked as a feldsher at the Riga Infectious Diseases Clinic. From 1973 to 1976, she was a dispatcher at the Riga Tram and Trolleybus Authority. From 1976, she worked as a nurse at Riga’s 2nd Polyclinic.

Yanina Hirshovitz was awarded the Medal “Veteran of Labour.”

Married to Sergei Hirshovitz (1908, Riga – 1982, Riga). They had two daughters: Astrid Chikhalenko (née Hirshovitz, b. 1945, Riga) and Edith Herzmark (née Hirshovitz, b. 1948, Riga).

Family:

– Husband: Sergei Hirshovitz (1908–1982, Riga)

– Daughters: Astrid Chikhalenko (b. 1945, Riga); Edith Herzmark (b. 1948, Riga)

– Father: Yefim Grinfeld (1897–1920, Voronezh)
– Mother: Gita Perl (née Blumberg, 1900–1941, Salaspils)