Neidlin Khaim (Chaim ) Israelievich
(6 July 1913, Riga) — printer.
Khaim Neidlin studied at a Jewish school in Riga until 1930. Until 1933 he was apprenticed as a shop assistant in the “Berez” haberdashery store at 15 Grecinieku Street. From 1933 to 1935 he worked as an apprentice at Kurman’s printing house at 112 Dzirnavu Street, and from 1935 to 1938 he was employed as a printer at Mendelkorn’s printing house.
From 1938 to 1939 Neidlin served in the Latvian Army (9th Latvian Regiment, Rezekne). After demobilization, he returned to work at Mendelkorn’s printing house. In 1941 he worked on a collective farm in the Krasnoarmeisky District of Saratov Oblast. From 1941 to 1943 he was a printer at the printing house in the town of Krasnoarmeisk, and in 1944 he worked as a guard at the Krasnoarmeisky District Industrial Combine.
In 1944 Neidlin was prosecuted under Article 58.10, part 2, of the Criminal Code of the USSR. He served his sentence in the Far East until 1954. In 1956 the conviction was annulled due to the absence of corpus delicti. After his release in 1954, Neidlin returned to Latvia and worked at the Tukums District Industrial Combine. From 1955 to 1960 he was a printer at Printing House No. 29 in Tukums. From 1960 onward he worked at the Tukums “Autoelectropribor” factory.
He was married to Khaya Neidlin (née Becker) (born 1924, Tukums). Their daughter, Bella Zel (née Neidlin), was born in 1949 in Ventspils. Neidlin’s mother, Anna Neidlin (born 1887, Polotsk), was living in Israel in the 1960s. His father, Israel Neidlin (1882, Vitebsk Governorate – 1944), died in evacuation and was buried in Krasnoarmeisk, Saratov Oblast. His sisters, Ella Bershant (née Neidlin) (born 1911, Riga) and Judith-Dasha Krieger (née Neidlin) (born 1910, Riga), left Latvia in the 1930s and were living in Israel in the 1960s.
Family:
Khaya Neidlin (née Becker) (born 1924, Tukums) — wife
Bella Zel (née Neidlin) (born 1949, Ventspils) — daughter
Israel Neidlin (1882–1944) — father
Anna Neidlin (born 1887) — mother
Ella Bershant (née Neidlin) (born 1911) — sister
Judith-Dasha Krieger (née Neidlin) (born 1910) — sister