Pitum (née Milshtein) Rivka (Riva) (Riwka(Riwa)) Davidovna (13 January 1899, Daugavpils) - seamstress.
Rivka Pitum was the daughter of David Milshtein (…–…, Riga) and Basya Milshtein (…–1920, Riga). She was the eldest of six siblings: Mary Zorde (née Milshtein) (1902, Daugavpils – 1942, Chuvash ASSR), who died during evacuation; Abram Milshtein (1905, Daugavpils – …), who was killed at the front; Mordukh Milshtein (1908, Daugavpils), who lived and worked in Riga in the 1950s; Beila Teitelroy (née Milshtein) (1914, Daugavpils – 1960, Riga); and Bentsion Milshtein (1916, Daugavpils – …, Riga), who was murdered during the Holocaust. Her father was also killed in the Holocaust in Riga.
Until 1920 she worked as a seamstress in Lit’s workshop in Daugavpils. From 1920 to 1926 she was employed as a seamstress at the “Baron” haberdashery and ready-made clothing shop in Riga. From 1926 to 1941 she worked as a seamstress for the Riga Society “Jewish Ladies’ Committee.”
From 1941 to 1945 she was a seamstress in an invalids’ artel in Chuvashia. From 1947 to 1952 she worked as a seamstress in the Riga artel “Taupība.” From 1952 she was a pensioner and a Group II disabled person.
In her marriage to Yakov Pitum (born 1898, Varakļāni), four children were born: Basya Neishlos (née Pitum) (born 1926), Aron Pitum (born 1929), Frida Kliot (née Pitum) (born 1934), and Yokheved Epstein (née Pitum) (born 1940, Riga). In 1971 she emigrated from Latvia.
Family :
Yakov Pitum (born 1898, Varakļāni) — husband
Basya Neishlos (née Pitum) (born 1926) — daughter
Aron Pitum (born 1929) — son
Frida Kliot (née Pitum) (born 1934) — daughter
Yokheved Epstein (née Pitum) (born 1940, Riga) — daughter
David Milshtein (…–…, Riga) — father
Basya Milshtein (…–1920, Riga) — mother
Mary Zorde (née Milshtein) (1902, Daugavpils – 1942, Chuvash ASSR) — sister
Abram Milshtein (1905, Daugavpils – …) — brother
Mordukh Milshtein (1908, Daugavpils) — brother
Beila Teitelroy (née Milshtein) (1914, Daugavpils – 1960, Riga) — sister
Bentsion Milshtein (1916, Daugavpils – …, Riga) — brother