Makhlin (Machlin)Isak Moiseevich (4 February 1907, Daugavpils) - tailor.

Isak Makhlin was the son of Moisey Makhlin (1878, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) and Tsira Makhlin (née Fan) (1882, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils). In 1920 he completed three grades of primary school. From 1920 to 1923 he worked as a tailor at Mesnikov’s firm in Daugavpils. In 1924–1938 he was employed as a tailor in the Mokhin workshops in Daugavpils. In 1928–1929 he served in the Latvian Army. From 1930 to 1940 he worked as a tailor at the Yelson and Borza firm in Daugavpils, and in 1940–1941 as a tailor for the military supply service (Voentorg).

In 1941 he was mobilized into the Soviet Army. In 1942 he was wounded and remained under treatment in a hospital in Yaroslavl until 1943, when he was demobilized. In 1943–1944 he worked as a tailor in a sewing workshop in the village of Nagorsk, Kirov Region. In 1944 he voluntarily rejoined the Soviet Army but was demobilized the same year due to health reasons. In 1945 he returned to Riga. From 1945 onward he worked as a tailor at the Latvian Consumers’ Union, in the Ausma artel, at the industrial combine of the Stalin District of Riga, and at Individual Tailoring Factory No. 1. He was awarded the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45.”

During the Holocaust, his mother, his first wife Khaya Makhlin (née Yankelzon) (— 1941, Daugavpils), and his daughters Riva Makhlin (1932, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) and Lyuba Makhlin (1932, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) were murdered.

In his second marriage, to Taiba-Rokha (Rosa) Makhlin (née Sandler, Zuskovich) (1907, Madona District — 1965, Riga), two sons were born: David Makhlin (1946, Riga) and Vulf Makhlin (1950, Riga). In 1965 Isak Makhlin submitted his first application for emigration to Israel, based on an invitation from his wife’s brother Herman Sandler (1920, Varakļāni). Permission for the family to leave was granted only in 1973.

Family:

Taiba-Rokha (Rosa) Sandler–Zuskovich Makhlin (1907, Madona District — 1965, Riga) — second wife
David Isakovich Makhlin (1946, Riga) — son
Vulf Isakovich Makhlin (1950, Riga) — son
Moisey Makhlin (1878, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) — father
Tsira (née Fan) Makhlin (1882, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) — mother
Lev Makhlin (1903, Daugavpils) — brother
David Makhlin (1909, Daugavpils — 1960, Daugavpils) — brother
Khaya (née Yankelzon) Makhlin (— 1941, Daugavpils) — first wife
Riva Makhlin (1932, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) — daughter
Lyuba Makhlin (1932, Daugavpils — 1941, Daugavpils) — daughter
Herman Sandler (1920, Varakļāni) — wife’s brothe