Shetsen Faive Elyasovich (11.11.1911, Jaunjelgava) — furrier. In the 1920s he moved to Riga. In 1926 he completed 6 grades of primary school. In 1927—33 — furrier at the Liebman Brothers firm in Riga. In 1933—34 he did service in the Latvian Army. In 1934—40 — furrier at Berkovich's workshop. In 1940—41 — furrier at the Riga fur-goods artel. In 1941 he was evacuated to South Kazakhstan. In 1942 he was called up into the Soviet Army and demobilised the same year after being wounded at the front. In 1943—45 — private at district repair workshops in Gorky. In 1945 Sh. returned to Riga. In 1948—74 — furrier: at the ORS of the Latvian Railway, at the Riga fish artel, at the “Fantaziya” artel, at the consumer-services combine of Riga's Moscow District, at Riga's 1st sewing factory. Awarded the medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—45.” His marriage to Shetsen (Taits) Yekheved (1916, Riga) produced a son, Shetsen Elias (1946, Riga). Sh.'s parents, Shetsen Elyas (1878, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga) and Shetsen (Sher) Riva (1888, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga), and his sisters, Shetsen Khaya (1910, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga) and Shetsen Tsilya (1916, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga), perished in the Holocaust.
In 1964 Sh. first applied to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his wife's sister, Flor (Taits, Yurovitskaya) Elka (1909, Riga). Permission to leave was granted to Sh.'s family only in 1974.

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Shetsen (Taits) Yekheved (1916, Riga) — wife
Shetsen Elias (1946, Riga) — son
Shetsen Elyas (1878, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga) — father
Shetsen (Sher) Riva (1888, Jēkabpils — 1941, Riga) — mother
Shetsen Khaya (1910, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga) — sister
Shetsen Tsilya (1916, Jaunjelgava — 1941, Riga) — sister
Flor (Taits, Yurovitskaya) Elka (1909, Riga) — wife's sister