Shvey (Doroga, Shteyngard) Dobra Mikhailovna (5.08.1912, Varakļāni) — milliner, seamstress. She completed 4 grades of basic school in Kārsava and moved to Bauska. In 1929—37 — milliner at Skutel's workshop in Bauska. In 1937 she moved to Riga. In 1937—41 — milliner at Vuyanover's workshop in Riga.
In 1941 Sh. was evacuated to the Bashkir ASSR, and until 1944 worked at the “Krasny Oktyabr” collective farm. In 1944—45 — orderly at a physiotherapy hospital in Gorky.
In 1945 Sh. was re-evacuated to Riga, and until 1946 worked as a milliner at the Military Fleet Trade Office. From 1952 — seamstress: at the “Rosma” artel (1952—55), the “Taupība” artel (1955—56), the Household Services Combine of the Riga City Executive Committee (1956—57), the Higher Red-Banner Coastal Defense School (1957—58), the Household Services Combine of the Proletarsky District of Riga, and as a home-based seamstress at Individual Tailoring Factory No. 1 in Riga. From 1960 — housewife.
In her marriage to Shteyngard Khaim (1913, Bauska) (dissolved in 1946), son Shteyngard Mikhail (1946, Riga) was born. In her second marriage to Shvey Moisey (1904, Daugavpils), daughter Shvey Riva (1951, Riga) was born.
Sh.'s father, Doroga Mikhail (1878, Varakļāni — 1941, Kārsava), perished in the Holocaust. Sh.'s mother, Doroga Riva (1878, Preiļi — 1941), was killed in a bombing raid while en route to evacuation in the interior. Sh.'s sister, Shugal (née Doroga) Rakhil (1910, Varakļāni — 1941, Kārsava), perished in the Holocaust. Sh.'s sister, Doroga Taube (1916, Varakļāni — 1945, Riga), died after the end of the war. Sh.'s elder sister, Reykhman (née Doroga) Igudit (1908, Varakļāni), emigrated to Palestine in 1934 in search of work. In 1956 Sh. filed her first petition to emigrate to Israel, which was granted in 1962.
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Shteyngard Khaim (1913, Bauska) — first husband
Shteyngard Mikhail (1946, Riga) — son
Shvey Moisey (1904, Daugavpils) — second husband
Shvey Riva (1951, Riga) — daughter
Doroga Mikhail (1878, Varakļāni — 1941, Kārsava) — father
Doroga Riva (1878, Preiļi — 1941) — mother
Doroga Taube (1916, Varakļāni — 1945, Riga) — sister
Shugal (née Doroga) Rakhil (1910, Varakļāni — 1941, Kārsava) — sister
Reykhman (née Doroga) Igudit (1908, Varakļāni) — sister