Rosenberg (née Freidenson) Leya (Lea, Leja) Kusilyevna (13 August 1928, Daugavpils) — accountant.

Before the Second World War, Leya Rosenberg received her primary education, which she continued during evacuation in Irkutsk. In 1945 her family returned to Riga. In 1949 she completed accounting courses.

From 1946 to 1950 she worked as an accountant at the “Zagotzerno” office in Riga. In 1956–1959 she worked as a cashier-receiver in the artel “Taupība.” From 1959 to 1962 she worked as a cashier-saleswoman at the Riga Central Department Store. In 1966–1968 she served as an accountant in Military Unit No. 2442 in Riga. From 1969 to 1975 she worked as a cashier at Canteen No. 169 of the Riga Public Catering Trust of the Proletarian District (café “Jugla”). From 1975 to 1978 she worked as a cashier at the canteen of the Institute of Physical Culture in Riga.

In marriage with Efraim Rosenberg (1928, Riga) she had a daughter, Masha Elelman (née Rosenberg) (1951, Riga).

Her father, Kusiel Freidenson (1894–1977), was born in Daugavpils and buried in Riga. Her brother Lev Freidenson (1917–1976) was also born in Daugavpils and buried in Riga. Her sister Sofia Gelvan (née Freidenson) (1926) emigrated to Israel in 1975 and by the late 1970s lived and worked in the United States.

In 1978 Leya Rosenberg received permission to leave Latvia.

Family:

Efraim Rosenberg (1928, Riga) — husband
Masha Elelman (née Rosenberg) (1951, Riga) — daughter
Kusiel Freidenson (1894, Daugavpils — 1977, Riga) — father
Rivka Freidenson (née Kagan) (1898, Daugavpils — 1979, Riga) — mother
Lev Freidenson (1917, Daugavpils — 1976, Riga) — brother
Hirsh Freidenson (1920, Daugavpils) — brother
Motel Freidenson (1922, Daugavpils) — brother
Sofia Gelvan (née Freidenson) (1926, Daugavpils) — sister
Ida Teitelbaum (née Westerman) (1946, Liepāja) — half-sister of daughter’s husband