Khait (Heit) Yankel (Jankel) Lazarevich (23 January 1906, Rēzekne) — worker.

Yankel Khait was born into the family of the shoemaker Lazar Khait (died in Rēzekne in 1927) and the housewife Golda Isakovna Khait (murdered in Riga in 1941 during the German occupation).

He received a primary education and trained as a shoemaker.

In 1923 he moved to Riga. In 1928 he was conscripted for active military service. After completing his service in 1930, he worked in his profession in Riga until his evacuation in 1941 to the Molotov Region, village of Senishovo.

In 1945 he returned to Riga. Until 1961 he worked at the “Rīgas Apavnieks” shoe factory, and afterwards at the Riga Prosthetic-Orthopedic Factory.

In marriage with Khena Abramovna Khait (née Zakher) (3 May 1904, Daugavpils) two daughters were born:

Gita Yankelevna Eidelman (née Khait) (1929, Riga) and Miryama Yankelevna Faynshteyn (née Khait) (1934, Riga).

In 1965 Yankel Khait received permission to emigrate to Israel to join his wife’s sister, Sima Abramovna Finkel (née Zakher).

Family:

Lazar Khait (died 1927) — father
Golda Isakovna Khait (murdered in Riga in 1941 during the German occupation) — mother
Khena Abramovna Khait (née Zakher) (1904, Daugavpils) — wife
Gita Yankelevna Eidelman (née Khait) (1929, Riga) — daughter
Miryama Yankelevna Faynshteyn (née Khait) (1934, Riga) — daughter
Isak Lazarevich Khait (1897, Rēzekne — 1958, Kanash, Chuvashia) — brother
Grisha Lazarevich Khait (1900, Rēzekne — 1938, Oryol) — brother
Rafael Lazarevich Khait (1902, Rēzekne — missing since 1941) — brother
Ilya Lazarevich Khait (1908, Rēzekne — 1953, Riga) — brother
Khava Lazarevna Khait (1912, Rēzekne — murdered in 1941 during the German occupation) — sister