Shperling Idel Hirshevich (12.10.1921, Riga) – salesperson. In 1934 he completed Jewish School No. 7 in Riga. Until 1931 Sh. worked as a delivery boy at the Rabinovich firm's store in Riga. From 1937 to 1939 he was an apprentice at the joint-stock company of Sh. Bērziņš at 2 Grēcinieku Street, and from 1939 to 1940 worked as a delivery boy at the joint-stock company of Z. Khorok at 58 Bauskas Street.
In 1941 Sh. went to the front and fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War until 1943. He was seriously wounded, and from 1943 to 1944 lived and worked in Gorky, learning the bookbinding trade at the All-Russian Council of Invalid Cooperatives. In 1944 Sh. returned to Riga and until 1954 worked as a salesperson at the invalid artels “Sadarbība” and “Raznoprom.” From 1955 to 1971 Sh. was a salesperson at stores of the 2nd Riga City Trade Office.

He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, and the medals “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” “20th Anniversary of the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” and “25th Anniversary of the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

Sh.'s mother, a native of Panevėžys, Shperling Beyla (1888 – 1941), was killed in the Riga ghetto.

In 1946 Sh. registered his marriage with Shperling (née Glaze, Silke) Khaya (1918) and adopted her son from her first marriage, Silke Israel (1938). In the 1970s Sh. left Latvia at the invitation of his adopted son.

A. Norman

Shperling (née Glaze, Silke) Khaya (1918) – wife
Shperling Beyla (1888 – 1941) – mother
Shperling Hirsh (1888 – 1960) – father
Shperling Bella (1948) – daughter
Shperling Ester (1953) – daughter
Gelshteyn (née Shperling) Tsila (1946) – daughter
Silke Israel (1938) – adopted son