Latsvinskaya (Latzwinskaya) (née Druy) Vera Matveevna (born 8 June 1912, Daugavpils) — worker.

Vera Latsvinskaya was the daughter of Rasya Druy (1889, Daugavpils – 1914, Daugavpils) and Motel Druy (1879, Daugavpils – 1912, Daugavpils). After her mother’s death, she was placed in the Rezekne Latvian Children’s Home, where she remained until 1921. That year, she was transferred to the Daugavpils Jewish Orphanage.

In 1924, Latsvinskaya left the orphanage and lived with relatives. The same year, she completed three grades of elementary school in Daugavpils. From 1925 to 1941, she worked as a seamstress in the workshops of Alperib, Itsikson, and Alperovich in Daugavpils.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the Kirov region, where she worked on the Chapaev State Farm until 1945. That year, she returned to Daugavpils. Until 1959, she was a homemaker. From 1959, she worked as a labourer at the Builder Stadium of the Riga General Construction Trust.

In 1945, in a civil union with Berl Anno (1908–1944), she had a daughter, Tamara Kachanovskaya (née Latsvinskaya) (born 1945, Kharkiv region), later adopted by Latsvinskaya’s husband. In her marriage to Samuil Latsvinsky (born 1913, Daugavpils), she had a daughter, Polina Latsvinskaya (born 1951, Daugavpils).

In 1965, Vera Latsvinskaya submitted her first application to emigrate to Israel, invited by her husband’s sister, Roza Krauze (née Latsvinskaya) (born 1917, Daugavpils). Her petition was approved only in 1971.

Family:

Samuil Latsvinsky (born 1913, Daugavpils) — husband
Polina Latsvinskaya (born 1951, Daugavpils) — daughter
Tamara Kachanovskaya (née Latsvinskaya) (born 1945, Kharkiv region) — daughter
Rasya Druy (1889–1914, Daugavpils) — mother
Motel Druy (1879–1912, Daugavpils) — father
Roza Krauze (née Latsvinskaya) (born 1917, Daugavpils) — husband’s sister