Shteyngold Yakov Mendelevich (1929, Rēzekne) – worker. He was born into the family of workers Shteyngold Mendel Iosifovich (1903, Daugavpils – 1942, Samarkand) and Shteyngold (née Goldshteyn) Bella Shlemovna (1905, Rēzekne). He completed 4 grades of the local Jewish school.
In 1941 he was evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, where he worked as a tinsmith's apprentice at a cotton plant (1942-1945), while also attending evening school, completing 6 grades. On returning to Riga he worked as a tinsmith at the “Kalvis” artel (1946-1951), was a fitter-ventilation worker at a metalworking plant (1952-1963), and was a measurer-ventilation worker at the construction-installation administration of the Ministry of Local Industry (1963-1972).

In his marriage to Shteyngold (née Balkina) Leya Rafailovna (1932, Rēzekne), daughters Shteyngold Marina Yakovlevna (1955, Riga) and Shteyngold Lyubov Yakovlevna (1963, Riga) were born.

In 1972 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where all of his wife's relatives were living, as well as, since 1971, his mother's husband's daughter – Bul (née Kilyun) Khana-Rise Semyonovna (1929, Riga) – and, since 1959, his uncle (father's brother) – Shteyngold Avraam Iosifovich (1913, Daugavpils).

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Shteyngold Mendel Iosifovich (1903-1942) – father
Shteyngold Avraam Iosifovich (1913) – uncle (father's brother)
Shteyngold (née Goldshteyn) Bella Shlemovna (1905) – mother
Shteyngold Khenakh Mendelevich (1932, Rēzekne) – brother
Shteyngold (née Balkina) Leya Rafailovna (1932) – wife
Shteyngold Marina Yakovlevna (1955) – daughter
Shteyngold Lyubov Yakovlevna (1963) – daughter