Plotkin Mikhail Khaimovich (10 January 1887, Gudnya station, Zhlobin District, Gomel Region) was a worker.

Mikhail Plotkin completed three grades of primary school. From 1923 to 1941, he worked as a labourer at enterprises in the city of Zhlobin. From 1941 to 1946, he served in the Labour Army, in units stationed in the Ural region. In 1947, he returned to Zhlobin and worked at the local industrial combine. In 1947–1948, he was a kiosk attendant at a Zhlobin restaurant; in 1948, he became a master at the Zhlobin industrial combine; in 1949, he served as pavilion manager at the “Pishchevik” artel. From 1950 to 1955, he worked as a building manager for the municipal services department of Zhlobin. From 1955 to 1959, he was a guard at the Zhlobin poultry plant. From 1959, he was retired. In 1972, he moved to Riga.

The war claimed the lives of nearly all his family members. During the Holocaust in Zhlobin, the following were murdered:

his first wife Matla Plotkina (1903–1942), his daughters Roza Plotkina (1926–1942) and Sonya Plotkina (1930–1942), his parents Khaim Plotkin (1864–1942) and Zlata Plotkina (1872–1942), his brother Tamshei Plotkin (1906–1942), his sisters Gita Plotkina (1893–1942) and Lyuba Plotkina (1914–1942).

His son Gdalya Plotkin (1924–1943) was killed in action near Kursk.

In his second marriage to Genya Ehrenburg (born 1907, Shchedrin, Belarus), he adopted her daughter from a previous marriage, Dora Perchikova (née Kriger) (born 1942, Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Region).

In 1973, Mikhail Plotkin received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Matla Plotkina (1903–1942) — first wife
Gdalya Plotkin (1924–1943) — son
Roza Plotkina (1926–1942) — daughter
Sonya Plotkina (1930–1942) — daughter
Genya Ehrenburg (born 1907) — second wife
Dora Perchikova (née Kriger) (born 1942) — stepdaughter
Khaim Plotkin (1864–1942) — father
Zlata Plotkina (1872–1942) — mother
Tamshei Plotkin (1906–1942) — brother
Gita Plotkina (1893–1942) — sister
Lyuba Plotkina (1914–1942) — sister