Shvey Bentsion Yakovlevich (1.10.1916, Rēzekne) – dental technician. He was born into the family of Shvey Yakov Khatskelevich (born in Dvinsk, today – Daugavpils, exact date not given in the documents – 1943) and Shvey Rokha Abovna (born in Rēzekne, exact date not given in the documents – 1949). He completed Rēzekne Basic School, and moved to Riga, where he continued his studies at an evening municipal secondary school, attending until 1934. At the same time he completed a private dental school (1935). He worked at Medins's private dental-technical laboratory (1935-1938), served in the Latvian Army (1938-1939, Cēsis), and on returning to Riga worked at Glazer's dental prosthetics office (1939-1940), then was a dental technician at Polyclinic No. 3 (1940-1941). At the same time he studied at Evening Secondary School No. 110, which he completed in 1941.
He was evacuated to Khiva, Uzbek SSR, where he worked as a dental technician at the municipal outpatient clinic (1941-1942), and at the 1st Separate Reserve Latvian Regiment (1942-1944, Gorokhovets Camps, Ivanovo Region); he worked as a dentist – at the 359th Reserve Rifle Regiment (1944-1945, Vyshny Volochek), and at the Sanitary Administration of the Leningrad Front (1945, Telšiai, Lithuania).
On returning to Riga, he worked as a dentist – at the Camp Administration of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs (1945-1946, Riga), at the Central Infirmary of the Directorate for Prisoner-of-War Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1946-1948), and was a dental technician – at the polyclinic for party-Soviet activists (1948). He worked as a dentist at the Potemkin Children's Rest Home (1951-1953, Jūrmala), as a dental technician – at the “Majori” resort polyclinic (1953-1954), and at the “Majori” sanatorium (1954-1960); he was chairman of the Jūrmala City Committee of the Red Cross Society (1960-1972), and worked as a paramedic on an ambulance crew (1972-1973, Jūrmala).
In his marriage to Shvey (née Sherman) Anna Semyonovna (1924, Polotsk, Belarus), daughter Golanskaya (née Shvey) Sima Bentsionovna (1945, Riga) was born.
In his marriage to Shvey Dzidra Fritsevna (1933), daughter Shvey Aviva Bentsionovna (1963, Riga) and son Shvey Romuald Bentsionovich (1969, Riga) were born.
In 1973 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1971 his daughter from his first marriage, Golanskaya (née Shvey) Sima Bentsionovna, had been living.
N. Voronova
Shvey Yakov Khatskelevich (?-1943) – father
Shvey Rokha Abovna (?-1949) – mother
Shvey Brokha Yakovlevna (1919-1941, Rēzekne) – sister
Shvey Abba Yakovlevich (?, Rēzekne, – killed in 1945) – brother
Shvey (née Sherman) Anna Semyonovna (1924) – first wife
Golanskaya (née Shvey) Sima Bentsionovna (1945) – daughter from first marriage
Shvey Dzidra Fritsevna (1933) – second wife
Shvey Aviva Bentsionovna (1963) – daughter from second marriage
Shvey Romuald Bentsionovich (1969) – son from second marriage