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Kivoinik Nekhama Leibovna (1923)

Personal data
SurnameKivoinik
NameNekhama
PatronymLeibovna
Birth year1923
Birth month6
Birth day25
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Kivoinik Nekhama (Nechama) Leibovna (25 June 1923, Riga) — employee.

In 1937 Nekhama Kivoinik graduated from primary school in Riga. In 1940 entered the 7th grade of an evening school while working as an apprentice at the textile factory Zigel, where she remained until 1941. In June 1941 was evacuated with her family to Gorky region, where she worked at a sawmill. Later moved to Chelyabinsk and worked at the Kirov ChTZ (Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant), later transferred to the Quality Control Department (OTK) as an inspector.

In 1946 returned to Riga and began working as a receiver at the Briviba artel. In 1947–48 worked as a saleswoman at the Main Department Store (Glavunivermag). In 1961–63 worked as a home-based worker for the Baltija artel. From 1963 was a saleswoman for Riga City Industrial Trade No. 2. In 1972 Nekhama Kivoinik received permission to emigrate with her family to Israel for permanent residence.

In 1947 she married David Ioselevich Kivoinik.

Children: Frida Davidovna Kivoinik, Shmerl Davidovich Kivoynik.

Father — Leib Abramovich Kivoinik (1887, Riga – 1930, Riga).

Mother — Sheina Khanovna Kivoinik (1889, Dvinsk [Daugavpils] – 1961, Riga), seamstress.

Brother — Shmerl Leibovich Kivoinik (1914, Riga – 1942, Staraya Russa), master at a hosiery factory in Riga; killed at the front.

Sisters:

Basya Leibovna Kivoinik (1927, Riga – 1942, Gorky region), died in evacuation.

Asya Leibovna Ulfkelman (née Kivoinik) (1912, Riga – (?)), emigrated to Israel in 1964.

Beila Leibovna Fisher (née Kivoinik, first marriage — Glezer).

Roza Leibovna Zilberbrant (1925, Riga – (?)), seamstress at an atelier.