Khaitas (Heitas) Leiba Yakubovich (2 April 1938, Šiauliai) — worker.
Leiba Khaitas was the son of Yakov Khait (1896, Riga — 1976, Israel) and Zlata Khait (1900, Riga — 1941, Riga).
In 1941 he was evacuated to the Kirov Region and placed in an orphanage for children from Lithuania. In 1945, together with other children from the orphanage, he was re-evacuated to Vilnius.
In 1952 he completed seven grades of secondary school and moved to Riga, where his sister, Maria Berman (née Khaitas) (1929, Riga), was then living.
In 1954 he completed nine grades at the 2nd Riga Evening Secondary School for Working Youth.
From 1952 to 1957 he worked as a procurement worker in the artel “Rīgas Apavnieks.”
From 1957 to 1958 he was a procurement worker in the artel “Centība” in Limbaži.
From 1959 to 1961 he worked as a tent-maker and procurement worker at the Riga Procurement Office.
From 1961 to 1962 he was employed at the Riga Children’s Toy Factory.
From 1962 to 1970 he served as section manager in Store No. 39 in Riga.
From 1970 to 1976 he was manager of a “Tekstilshveiobuvtorg” store.
In marriage with Irina Khaitas (née Voronova, later Reze) (1945, Chelyabinsk) a daughter was born: Marina Khaitas (1965, Riga).
The marriage was dissolved in 1971.
In 1972 he married for the second time, to Galina Fomchenko (1946, Riga), and adopted her daughter from a previous marriage, Ekaterina Khaitas (1967, Riga).
During the Holocaust, his mother and brother, Robert Khait (1917, Riga — 1944), perished.
His first wife, Irina Khaitas (née Voronova, Reze) (1945, Chelyabinsk), lived and worked in Germany from the late 1960s.
In 1969 he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel, upon invitation from his sister, Asya Khait (1930, Riga). Permission for emigration was granted in 1977.
Family:
Irina Khaitas (née Voronova, Reze) (1945, Chelyabinsk) — first wife
Marina Khaitas (1965, Riga) — daughter
Galina Fomchenko (1946, Riga) — second wife
Ekaterina Khaitas (1967, Riga) — stepdaughter
Yakov Khait (1896, Riga — 1976, Israel) — father
Zlata Khait (1900, Riga — 1941) — mother
Robert Khait (1917, Riga — 1944) — brother
Mendel Khait (1923, Riga — 1963, Vilnius) — brother
Asya Hofman (née Khaitas) (1930, Riga) — sister
Maria Berman (née Khaitas) (1929, Riga) — sister