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Levina Sara Isaakovna (1911)

Personal data
SurnameLevina
NameSara
PatronymIsaakovna
Birth year1911
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Levina (Lewina) (née Mazo, later Vainer) Sara Isaakovna (1911, Riga) — laborer.

Sara Levina was the daughter of Isaak Mazo (1866, Baranovichi – 1938, Riga) and Ginda Mazo (1877, Vilkomir, Lithuania – 1917, Riga).

In 1926 she completed 6 grades of elementary school in Riga.

In 1927–40 she worked as a laborer at the Feldhun textile factory in Riga.

In 1941 she was evacuated to the Fergana Region, where she worked in a kolkhoz in the Teshkhanabad District until 1945. In 1945 she returned to Riga and worked at the Krasny Oktyabr factory until 1946.

In 1947 Sara Levina was prosecuted under Article 118 of the RSFSR Criminal Code and sentenced to two years of imprisonment; the conviction was lifted early.

In 1949–53 she was a homemaker.

In 1953–54 she worked as a stall vendor in Store No. 50 in Riga.

In 1956–57 she was a laborer at the Rekord shoe factory.

In 1957–69 she worked as a carbonated-water seller and stall vendor in Riga’s food-trade system.

Her first marriage, to Shmuel Vainer (1907, Rujiena), was dissolved in 1948.

In her marriage to Ber Levin (1901, Daugavpils), a daughter was born — Marina Levina (1951, Riga).

Her brother Meishe Mazo (1907, Riga – …) fell heroically in the Second World War.

In the Holocaust perished her brother Shmuel Mazo (1909, Riga – …, Riga) and her sister Gita Kugel (née Mazo) (1913, Riga – …, Riga).

In 1969 Sara Levina obtained permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband's cousin, Shushana Levin (1905, Daugavpils).

Family:

Shmuel Vainer (1907, Rujiena) — first husband
Ber Levin (1901, Daugavpils) — second husband
Marina Levina (1951, Riga) — daughter
Isaak Mazo (1866, Baranovichi – 1938, Riga) — father
Ginda Mazo (1877, Vilkomir – 1917, Riga) — mother
Meishe Mazo (1907, Riga – …) — brother
Shmuel Mazo (1909, Riga – …, Riga) — brother
Gita Kugel (née Mazo) (1913, Riga – …, Riga) — sister
Leib Mazo (1905, Riga) — brother
Abram Mazo (1899, Baranovichi) — half-brother
Shushana Levin (1905, Daugavpils) — husband’s cousin