Shvom Shleym Yakovlevich (1933, Riga) – worker. He was born into the family of Shvom Yakov Shleymovich (1907, Riga – killed at the front in the Great Patriotic War in 1943) and Shvom Gita Movshevna (1910, Riga). He completed 4 grades of school, worked in Riga as an apprentice furrier at the “Fantaziya” artel (1950-1951), as an apprentice cutter at the “Elektra” factory (1951), served in the Soviet Army (1952-1955), and after demobilization worked in Riga as an auxiliary worker at the “Triecinieks” artel (1956-1957); he was a worker at the framing workshop of the “Rīgas Mēbelnieks” factory (1957-1961), and a presser at the “Spartak” garment factory, later the “Latvija” firm (1961-1969).

In his marriage to Shvom (née Livshits) Riva Abovna (1935, Riga), daughter Shvom Tatyana Shleymovna (1961, Riga) was born.

In 1969 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife's sister Flor (née Livshits) Lea Abovna (1930, Riga) had been living.

N. Voronova

Shvom Yakov Shleymovich (1907-1943) – father
Shvom Gita Movshevna (1910) – mother
Gitlina (née Shvom) Zara-Pesya Yakovlevna (1935, Riga) – sister
Shvom (née Livshits) Riva Abovna (1935) – wife
Shvom Tatyana Shleymovna (1961) – daughter
Flor (née Livshits) Lea Abovna (1935) – wife's sister