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Most Yankel Rafailovich (1921)

Personal data
SurnameMost
NameYankel
PatronymRafailovich
Birth year1921
Birth month2
Birth day8
Birth placeKraslava
SexM

Most Yankel (Jankel) Rafailovich (8 February 1921, Kraslava) — tailor.

Until 1940 Yankel Most worked in the workshops of Hirsh Potash in Kraslava. In 1940 he moved to Riga and joined the Red October artel. In 1941 he was evacuated to Gorky (Kuibyshev) Region, where until 1947 he worked as a tailor in the 21st Anniversary of the Red Army artel. In 1947 he returned to Riga and until 1973 worked at the Siluet production association.

The occupation of Latvia claimed the lives of all members of Yankel Most’s family. His father, Rafail Most (1894–1944), a native of the Polish_attach city of Płock, was killed during the liquidation of the Riga Ghetto in 1944. His mother, Tsilya Most (née Khai) (date of birth unknown – 1941), his sisters Feiga Most (1919–1941) and Mina Most (1925–1941), and his brothers Nakhman Most (1923–1941) and Moisey Most (1927–1941) were murdered in the Daugavpils Ghetto in 1941.

In 1973 Yankel Most received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Most (née Novik) Feiga (1926) — wife
Greditor (née Most) Cecilia (1951) — daughter
Vayner (née Novik) Hana (1923) — wife’s sister
Most Rafail (1894–1944) — father
Most (née Khai) Tsilya (date of birth unknown–1941) — mother
Most Feiga (1919–1941) — sister
Most Mina (1925–1941) — sister
Most Nakhman (1923–1941) — brother
Most Moisey (1927–1941) — brother