Laser (Lazer) Zara Ziselevna (13 October 1900, Jelgava) — accountant.

Zara Laser was the daughter of Zisel Laser (1844, Jelgava – 1928) and Rebekka Laser (1859, Jelgava – 1932).

During the First World War, her parents were evacuated to Ukraine.

In 1918–1919, she worked as a governess in the city of Artyomovsk.

From 1919 to 1924, she was an accountant at the Artyomovsk office.

In 1928, she returned to Jelgava and worked as a cashier in a leather goods store until 1929.

From 1929 to 1932, she was a cashier at the Jelgava Meat Store.

From 1932 to 1940, she worked as an accountant-cashier at the Jelgava Grain Procurement Office.

In 1940–1941, she was an accountant at the Jelgava City Food Trade Meat Base.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the Ivanovo Region, working until 1942 at the “Novaya Zhizn” (New Life) collective farm.

From 1942 to 1944, she served as a senior nurse at Hospital No. 4012 in Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Region.

In 1944, Zara Laser returned to Latvia and settled in Riga.

From 1944 to 1946, she worked as a clerk in the Trade Union of Medical Workers.

In 1947, she was a warehouse worker at the Funeral Society Artel.

From 1947 to 1954, she served as a secretary-typist in Latmetdrevsoyuz.

From 1954 to 1957, she was a secretary-typist at the “Metallist” artel.

Since 1957, she had been retired.

During the Holocaust, her brothers Israel Laser (1884, Jelgava – 1941, Jelgava) and Fisel Laser (1889, Jelgava – 1941) were killed.

In 1971, she and her niece Ester Edeykina ((née Laser)(1927, Jelgava) received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Zisel Laser (1844, Jelgava – 1928) — father
Rebekka Laser (1859, Jelgava – 1932) — mother
Israel Laser (1884, Jelgava – 1941, Jelgava) — brother
Vulf Laser (1886, Jelgava – 1916) — brother
Fisel Laser (1889, Jelgava – 1941) — brother
Ester Edeykina (née Laser) (1927, Jelgava) — niece (daughter of her brother)