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Levinson Paya Berovna (1920)

Personal data
SurnameLevinson
NamePaya
PatronymBerovna
Birth year1920
Birth month5
Birth day3
Birth placeVarakļāni
SexF

Levinson (Lewinsohn) (née Pliner) Paya Berovna (born 3 May 1920, Varakļāni) — seamstress.

After completing six classes of the Varakļāni primary school, Paya Levinson moved to Riga. From 1936 to 1941 she worked as a seamstress in the private workshop of Meyerson in Riga, at 11 Elijas Street. From 1941 to 1944 she worked at a wooden-goods factory in Gubino, Kirov Region. After returning to Riga, from 1944 to 1946 she worked as a seamstress in the Spetstorg workshop. From 1968 to 1973 she was a seamstress at the company Siluets.

In 1973 Paya Levinson left Latvia.

Family:

Iechiel Iosifovich Levinson (1913) - husband

Beila Fridman (née Levinson) (1946) - daughter

Rakhmiél (Rakhmil) Levinson (born 1951) - son

Ber-Leib Pliner (1884–1923) - father
Guta-Ester Pliner (1897–1975) - mother

Sima Tribukhova (née Pliner) (1918) - sister

Sara Mashkevich (née Pliner) (1922) - sister