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Levi Khaya Srolevna (1911)

Personal data
SurnameLevi
NameKhaya
PatronymSrolevna
Birth year1911
Birth month3
Birth day7
Birth placeGriva
SexF

Levi (Lewy) (née Kulmas) Khaya (Chaya) Srolevna (7 March 1911, Griva, Latvia) — worker.

Khaya Levi was born into the family of Srol Berkovich Kulmas (1871, Griva — murdered by the Nazis in 1941, Riga) and Dveyra Mordukhovna Kulmas (née Rokhman) (1887, Griva — 1938, Dvinsk).

She completed Dvinsk Secondary School in 1927, worked as a sales assistant in Ginzburg’s shoe shop (1928–31), and, after moving to Riga, worked as a forewoman in the decorative section of the Laima confectionery factory (1932–38). She later worked as a sales assistant in a shoe shop (1938–41).

She was evacuated to Namangan in the Uzbek SSR, where she worked in the Shark artel (1941–45). After returning to Riga, she worked as a personnel inspector at the Riga Shipbuilding Plant (1945–46), then kept house (1946–49), worked as a drill operator at the Uznemiba artel (1949–50), at the Ausma artel (1950–59), at the Rīgas Aditājs factory (1959–62), as a seamstress at the Māra factory (1962), as a seamstress-drill operator at Rīgas Aditājs (1963), as a seamstress at Motor Repair Base 2854-R (1963–64), and worked as a ticket distribution officer at the Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1964).

In her marriage to Berngard Samuilovich Levi (1916, Moscow) were born:

— Roza Bernhardovna Levi (1945, Riga),

— Zamuel Bernhardovich Levi (1947, Riga),

— Maksis Bernhardovich Levi (1947, Riga).

In 1977 Khaya Levi received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her sister Gita Srolevna Lapidot (née Kulmas) (1910, Griva) had lived since 1934.

Family:

— Srol Berkovich Kulmas (1871–1941) — father
— Dveyra Mordukhovna Kulmas (née Rokhman) (1887–1938) — mother
— Raya Israilevna Shapiro (née Kulmas) (1901, Griva) — sister
— Rakhil Srolevna Meerson (née Kulmas) (1902, Griva — murdered in 1941, Gulbene) — sister
— Shleima Sprolevich Kulmas (1903, Griva — murdered in 1941, Dvinsk) — brother
— Beila Srolevna Magaram (née Kulmas) (1908, Griva — murdered in 1941, Dvinsk) — sister
— Gita Srolevna Lapidot (née Kulmas) (1910, Griva) — sister
— Berngard Samuilovich Levi (1916) — husband
— Roza Bernhardovna Levi (1945) — daughter
— Zamuel Bernhardovich Levi (1947) — son
— Maksis Bernhardovich Levi (1947) — son