Morein Khona (Chona) Khaimovich (25 March 1924, Jēkabpils) — dental technician.

Khona Morein was the son of the small trader Khaim Morein (1893, Jēkabpils) and Mina Morein (née Minina) (1894). From 1938 to 1941 he was a student at the Riga Jewish Vocational School. In 1941 he wasevacuated to the Cheboksary District, where he worked on the collective farm “Araslan.” From 1943 to 1946 he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army and took part in combat operations.

In 1947–1950 he worked as a hospital orderly at a polyclinic in Jēkabpils. In 1951 he graduated from the Riga Dental Technicians’ School. From 1950 he was employed as a dental technician at the Pļaviņas Zonal Hospital. He was awarded the medals “For Courage” and “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45.”

In 1971 he was convicted by the People’s Court of the Stučkinsky District of Riga under Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR.

In marriage with Shulama Morein (née Fogel) (1935, Jēkabpils), two children were born: Roza Morein (1961, Riga) and Bene Morein (1965, Riga).

In 1971 Khona Morein received permission to emigrate to Israel to join his sister Khana Kreizler (née Morein) (1922), who had emigrated in 1939 to the territory of what is now the State of Israel.

Family :

Shulama Morein (née Fogel) (1935, Jēkabpils) — wife
Roza Morein (1961, Riga) — daughter
Bene Morein (1965, Riga) — son
Khaim Morein (1893, Jēkabpils) — father
Mina Morein (née Minina) (1894) — mother
Mendel Morein (1926) — brother
Beila Libman (née Morein) (1930, Jēkabpils) — sister
Yokheved Morein (1935, Jēkabpils — 1942, Cheboksary) — sister
Khana Kreizler (née Morein) (1922, Jēkabpils) — sister