Kheifets Yakov Samuilovich (28.10.1918, Riga) — engineer. Born into the family of merchant Kheifets Samuel Abramovich (1890, Lepel District, Vitebsk Oblast — 1962, Riga) and homemaker Kheifets Anna-Sara Yakovlevna (1891–1962, Riga). Graduated from Riga secondary school (1937); served in the Latvian Army (1938–39); worked as a labourer at the sawmill of timber merchant Aron Shmulyan (1939–40); worked as a weigher and then standardisation specialist at Riga-Tovarny station (1940–41). On 14 June 1941, as a member of a former proprietor's family, was deported to special settlement in Karagasok village, Tomsk Oblast, where he worked as a loader at the local collective farm and as a worker at the district theatre (1941–42); worker at a motor and fishing station (1942–43); worker, electrician and head of the Ust-Parabal fuel-procurement section (1943–45); mobilised to work in Tomsk as expeditor at Spetstorg (1945–46). After moving to Omsk, worked as a German language teacher (1946–47). Was arrested, sentenced by a Special Commission of the NKVD USSR under Art. 16-193-17a of the RSFSR Criminal Code to 5 years' imprisonment; served at a corrective labour camp (1947–52, Omsk); rehabilitated in 1962. Returning to Karagasok, worked as loader and warehouse manager (1952–54). After moving to Tomsk, worked as workshop master and head of the procurement workshop (1954–57). Returning to Riga (1957), worked as commodity inspector at the Riga Pharmaceuticals Plant (1958–62); engineer at the “Soyuzglavreaktiv” Design Bureau (1962–67); head of the supply and sales cooperation department at the household chemistry plant (1967–71). His marriage to Kheifets (Edeykina) Solomeia Yakovlevna (1923, Berlin) produced a daughter Kheifets Rita Yakovlevna (1953, Karagasok) and a son Kheifets Grigory Yakovlevich (1956, Tomsk). In 1971, received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his second cousin Tsofnat (Kheifets) Lea (1916, Rēzekne) was living.

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Kheifets Samuel Abramovich (1890–1962) — father
Kheifets Anna-Sara Yakovlevna (1891–1962) — mother
Kheifets (Edeykina) Solomeia Yakovlevna (1923) — wife
Kheifets Rita Yakovlevna (1953) — daughter
Kheifets Grigory Yakovlevich (1956) — son
Tsofnat (Kheifets) Lea (1916) — second cousin