Kassner (née Krasnyanskaya, later Bershadskaya) Sofia Khaninovna (b. 9 May 1923, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) — worker.

Sofia Kassner was the daughter of Khanina Krasnyansky (1877, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1942, Aktyubinsk region) and Golda Krasnyanskaya (1887, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1942, Aktyubinsk region).

She completed nine grades of secondary school. In July 1941, together with her family, she was evacuated to the Soviet rear. From 1941 to 1946 she worked as a clerk in the Enbek collective farm in the Aktyubinsk region. From 1948 to 1954 she was a seamstress and brigade leader at the 1st Knitwear Factory in Chernivtsi. From 1962 to 1969 she worked as a timekeeper at the VEF factory, from 1969 to 1970 as a quality inspector at the Sadarbs production association. From 1971 she was a brigade leader at the Home Workers’ Cooperative.

In her first marriage to Yakov Bershadsky (1920, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1947, Aktyubinsk region), she had a son, Yakov Bershadsky (b. 1947, Aktyubinsk region).

In her second marriage to Maier-Leib Abramovich Kassner (b. 1921, Chernivtsi), she had a son, Harry Kassner (b. 1959, Riga).

In 1971 Sofia Kassner applied for permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her elder son.

Family:

Yakov Bershadsky (1920, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1947, Aktyubinsk region) — first husband
Yakov Bershadsky (b. 1947, Aktyubinsk region) — son
Maier-Leiba Abramovich Kassner (b. 1921, Chernivtsi) — second husband
Harry Kassner (b. 1959, Riga) — son
Khanina Krasnyansky (1877, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1942, Aktyubinsk region) — father
Golda Krasnyanskaya (1887, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1942, Aktyubinsk region) — mother
Moisey Krasnyansky (1907, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1941, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) — brother
Khana Schwartz (née Krasnyanskaya) (b. 1908, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) — sister
Klara Krasnyanskaya (1917, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – 1948, Odessa) — sister
Morets Kassner (b. 1948, Chernivtsi) — stepson