Kestenboim Mikhail Samoilovich (1916, Smotrich, Gorodok District, Khmelnytsky Region) — storekeeper.

In 1974–75 and 1976–78 Mikhail Kestenboim worked as senior storekeeper at the food warehouse of Enterprise No. 30 of the Proletarsky District Catering Trust in Riga.

From 1981 — retired.

Parents, Boris and Basya Kestenboim, perished during World War II in their native town of Smotrich, Khmelnytsky Region.

Mikhail Kestenboim was married to fellow villager Mira Galperina (b. 1921). Their children are Boris Kestenboim (b. 1946, Gorodok District, Khmelnytsky Region) and Fira Milshtein (née Kestenboim) (b. 1954, Dunaivtsi, Khmelnytsky Region).

In 1990, Mikhail Kestenboim together with his family received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his daughter-in-law’s sister, Larisa Tserlina (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1938, Odessa).

Family:

Mira Galperina (b. 1921, Smotrich, Khmelnytsky Region) — wife
Boris Kestenboim (b. 1946, Gorodok District, Khmelnytsky Region) — son
Fira Milshtein (née Kestenboim) (b. 1954, Dunaivtsi, Khmelnytsky Region) — daughter
Basya Kestenboim (…, Smotrich, Khmelnytsky Region — …) — mother
Boris Kestenboim (…, Smotrich, Khmelnytsky Region — …) — father
Larisa Tserlina (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1938, Odessa) — sister of son’s wife