Liusus (Lisus) Dveira Motelievna (28 January 1927, Riga) — pioneer leader

Dveira Liusus was the daughter of Motel Liusus (1868, Žagarė — 1931, Riga) and Riva Liusus (née Valk) (29 June 1888, Ukmergė, Lithuania).

From 1935 to 1941 she attended Riga Municipal Primary School. In 1941 she was evacuated to Yaroslavl Oblast and later transferred to Bashkiria.

In 1946–47 she was a senior pioneer leader at Riga Secondary School No. 24. From 1947 to 48 she studied at the Riga Preschool Pedagogical College. In 1948 worked as a senior leader at School No. 12.

In 1950 she completed Riga Evening Secondary School No. 25 for working youth and from 1949 she was a senior pioneer leader and teacher at Riga Seven-Year School No. 81.

Family Background

Her elder sisters Sarra Perakh (née Liusus) (b. 1908, Žagarė) and Rasha Ferber (née Liusus) (b. 1909, Žagarė) emigrated in the 1930s from Latvia to what is now Israel. Her brother Sholem Liusus (1911, Žagarė — 1941) went missing in action during World War II.

In 1958 she gave birth to a son, Bentsion.

In 1963 she received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her mother and elder sisters.

Family

Bentsion Liusus (1958, Riga) — son
Motel Liusus (1868, Žagarė — 1931, Riga) — father
Riva Liusus (née Valk) (1888, Ukmergė, Lithuania) — mother
Sarra Perakh (née Liusus) (1908, Žagarė) — sister
Rasha Ferber (née Liusus) (1909, Žagarė) — sister
Sholem Liusus (1911, Žagarė — 1941) — brother
Feiga Kurland (née Liusus) (1914, Žagarė — 1951, Riga) — sister
Liba (Mera) Shlosmanis / Shlosman (née Liusus) (1917, Riga) — sister