Khabensky Zus Khaimovich (24 August 1914, Kaganovichi, Kyiv region) — driver and furrier.

Zus Khabensky was born into the family of the furrier Khaim Davidovich Khabensky (1892–1922, Kaganovichi, Kyiv region) and the homemaker Leah Yankelevna Khabenskaya (née Dorfman) (1893, Kaganovichi, Kyiv region — perished in 1942 in Dnipropetrovsk region). He completed four years of schooling.

From 1930 to 1941 he worked as a driver at the Uritsky collective farm in Dnipropetrovsk region. During the Second World War he served as a driver at the front (1941–1945). He was awarded the medals “For the Defense of Stalingrad,” “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” and several jubilee medals.

After returning to Daugavpils, he worked as a driver at the local branch of the State Bank (1945–1946), at a brewery (1946–1947), and then as head of a workshop in the “Spars” artel (1947–1952). From 1952 to 1956 he worked as a hat-maker in a fur workshop, from 1956 to 1963 at the Daugavpils district industrial combine, and from 1963 to 1985 as a furrier at the local consumer services combine.

In marriage to Feiga Khaimovna Khabinskaya (née Toker) (1918, Daugavpils), he had a daughter, Raisa Zakharovna Khabinskaya (1946), a son, Solomon Zakharovich Khabinsky (1947), and a daughter, Liya Zusyevna Weinstein (née Khabenskaya) (1953).

In 1988 Zus Khabensky received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his younger daughter Liya Zusyevna Weinstein (née Khabenskaya) had been living since 1979.

Family:

Khaim Davidovich Khabensky (1892–1922) — father
Leah Yankelevna Khabenskaya (née Dorfman) (1893 — perished in 1942) — mother
Feiga Khaimovna Khabinskaya (née Toker) (1918) — wife
Raisa Zakharovna Khabinskaya (1946) — daughter
Solomon Zakharovich Khabinsky (1947) — son
Liya Zusyevna Weinstein (née Khabenskaya) (1953) — daughter

Note on the surname differences of the wife and children:

In 1942, during the battles near Volgograd (then Stalingrad), Zus Khaimovich Khabensky was advised to change his surname, given name, patronymic, and nationality in case he fell into Nazi captivity. A military identification document was issued under the name “Zakhar Yefimovich Khabinsky, Ukrainian.”

When he married Feiga Khaimovna Toker, she adopted the surname Khabinskaya. Their older children, Raisa and Solomon, accordingly received the patronymics Zakharovna and Zakharovich and the surnames Khabinskaya and Khabinsky.

In 1952, during the replacement of passports, a new document was issued on the basis of his birth certificate under the original name “Zus Khaimovich Khabensky.” Therefore, the younger daughter born in 1953 was registered as Liya Zusyevna Khabenskaya.