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Moskovskaya Zhenya Danilovna (1920)

Personal data
SurnameMoskovskaya
NameZhenya
PatronymDanilovna
Birth year1920
Birth month7
Birth day29
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Moskovskaya (Moskowskaya) (née Moshevich) Zhenya (Jenny-Scheina) Danilovna (29 July 1920, Riga) — worker.

In 1937 Zhenya Moskovskaya completed seven grades of basic school and began working as a typist at the Baltic Insurance Society. In 1939–1940 she worked as a typist at the Skultan furniture shop in Riga. In 1940–1941 she was a typist at a furniture shop of the 1st Riga City Industrial Trade Administration. In 1941 she was evacuated to Kazan; in 1945 she was re-evacuated to Riga, where until 1950 she was a homemaker. In 1950–1959 she worked as a shoe sole gluer at the Blazma artel.

In her marriage to Zalkind Moskovsky (1913, Rezekne), two children were born: Ralya Kirshtein (née Moskovskaya) (1942, Kazan) and Daniel Moskovsky (1946, Riga).

Her parents perished in the Holocaust: Danil Moshevich (1900, Riga — 1941, Riga) and Olga Moshevich (née Khavenzon) (1898, Jelgava — 1941, Riga). Her twin brother Yakov Moshevich (1920, Riga) lived and worked in Stockholm in the 1970s.

In 1971 she received permission to emigrate to Israel upon the invitation of her cousin Mark Moshevich (1920, Riga).

Family:

Zalkind Moskovsky (1913, Rezekne) — husband
Ralya Kirshtein (née Moskovskaya) (1942, Kazan) — daughter
Daniel Moskovsky (1946, Riga) — son
Danil Moshevich (1900–1941) — father
Olga Moshevich (née Khavenzon) (1898–1941) — mother
Matis Moshevich (1918, Riga) — brother
Yakov Moshevich (1920, Riga) — brother
Mark Moshevich (1920, Riga) — cousin