Shmuelovich Kopel-Aizik Iosifovich (3.03.1927, Riga) – worker. He was born into the family of musician Shmuelovich Iosif Kopelovich (1908, Riga) and Shmuelovich (née Israelskaya) Rakhil Naumovna (1907, Riga – killed by the Nazis in the Riga ghetto in 1941). He studied at a Hebrew school (1934–1941), was evacuated to Chelyabinsk, where he studied at Vocational School No. 9 (1941–1942), volunteered for the front in the Great Patriotic War (1942–1944, 43rd Guards Latvian Division, Baltic Front), was wounded four times, and was demobilized from the Soviet Army (1944). On returning to Latvia he worked as a forwarding agent at a sugar factory (1946–1950, Povenchay), a fitter at MMKR (1951–1955, Jelgava), a fitter at the Rope Factory (1956–1957, Riga), and as a fitter, economist-engineer, and head of the supply department at the “Rekord” shoe factory, later transferred to the “Rigas Apavi” factory as head of the supply department (1957–1968).

In his marriage to Shmuelovich (née Feitelberg) Miryam Shlaumovna (1922, Ventspils), son Shmuelovich Yakov Kopel-Aizikovich (b. 1957, Riga)and daughter Shmuelovich Nelly Kopel-Aizikovna (b. 1966, Riga) were born.

In 1971 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his father Shmuelovich Iosif Kopelovich (b. 1908) and stepmother Vainshtein Eta Aronovna (b. 1918, Ludza) had been living with their sons since 1968.

N. Voronova

Shmuelovich Iosif Kopelovich (b. 1908) – father
Shmuelovich (née Israelskaya) Rakhil Naumovna (1907–1941) – mother
Vainshtein Eta Aronovna (b. 1918) – stepmother
Shmuelovich Aron Iosifovich (b. 1955) – half-brother on father's side
Shmuelovich Felix Iosifovich (b. 1958) – half-brother on father's side
Shmuelovich (née Feitelberg) Miryam Shlaumovna (b. 1922) – wife
Shmuelovich Yakov Kopel-Aizikovich (b. 1957) – son
Shmuelovich Nelly Kopel-Aizikovna (b. 1966) – daughter
Feitelberg (née Magarshak) Sara Eta Leybovna (1888, Ludza, Latvia – 1982,
West Germany) – wife's mother