Kagan Binyamin (Binjamin) Girshevich (17 April 1922, Viļāni) — shop assistant, worker.

In 1936 Binyamin Kagan completed six classes at Viļāni Primary School. From 1936 to 1941 he worked as a shop assistant in Vilensky’s chemist’s shop in Viļāni.

In 1941 he was evacuated to Lukyanovsky District, Gorky Region, and until 1945 worked as an expediter at an inter-district pharmaceutical depot. In 1945 he returned to Riga, where until 1946 he was employed as a controller at the Riga Central Pharmaceutical Warehouse.

From 1946–47 and 1949–55 he worked as a dyer at the Rīgas Cepure factory. From 1947–49 he was employed as a worker at Riga Corrective Labour Colony No. 4. From 1956 he worked as a tinsmith-fitter at the 8 March factory in Riga.

In his first marriage to Evgenia Korpushenko (1914, Leningrad) (later dissolved), he had two daughters: Tatyana Kagan (1947, Riga) and Olga Kagan (1948, Riga). In his second marriage to Ella Kagan (née Weinreich, Herzenberg) (1929, Tukums), he had a daughter, Tzvia Kagan (1958, Riga).

During the Holocaust, Kagan’s parents — Girsh Kagan (1894, Rēzekne – 1941, Viļāni) and Taube Kagan (née Gordin) (1900, Viļāni – 1941, Viļāni) — and his brother, Iosif Kagan (1924, Viļāni – 1941, Viļāni), were killed. His brother Yefim Kagan (1918, Viļāni – ?) was listed as missing since 1947.

In 1965 Binyamin Kagan received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by relatives of his wife.

Ella Kagan (née Weinreich, Herzenberg) (1929, Tukums) — second wife
Tzvia Kagan (1958, Riga) — daughter
Evgenia Korpushenko (1914, Leningrad) — first wife
Tatyana Kagan (1947, Riga) — daughter
Olga Kagan (1948, Riga) — daughter
Girsh Kagan (1894, Rēzekne – 1941, Viļāni) — father
Taube Kagan (née Gordin) (1900, Viļāni – 1941, Viļāni) — mother
Yefim Kagan (1918, Viļāni – 1947(?)) — brother
Iosif Kagan (1924, Viļāni – 1941, Viļāni) — brother