Skutelsky Mikhail (Michail) Davydovich (29 December 1912, Liepāja) — jeweler.

In 1926, Mikhail Skutelsky graduated from 8 classes of Liepāja Secondary School. From 1927 to 1932, he was an accounting apprentice at the Liepāja Jewish Credit Bank. From 1932 to 1934, he trained as a jeweler in the workshop of Kirshtein. In 1934–35, he served in the Latvian Army in Liepāja. From 1935 to 1937, he was a master in the Trubin jewelry workshop in Liepāja. From 1937 to 1940, he worked as a master in Kagan’s jewelry workshop in Riga. In 1940–41, he was a master at the Liepāja watch factory “Kursa.”

In 1941, Mikhail Skutelsky was imprisoned in the Liepāja ghetto. In 1943, during the liquidation of the ghetto, he managed to escape. Until 1945, he hid from persecution in the basement of house No. 14 on Lenin Street in Liepāja. From 1945 to 1946, he worked as an economist at the Liepāja Timber Plant. From 1947 to 1948, he was a master at a jewelry factory in Liepāja. From 1948 to 1956, he was a master in the Liepāja artel for disabled people.

In marriage with Hilda Skutelskaya (née Vit, Zik) (1922), he had a son, Karmel Skutelsky (1948).

During the Holocaust, his first wife Ulmans Khava (1921, Daugavpils – 1941, Liepāja), his parents David Skutelsky (1879, Daugavpils – 1941, Liepāja) and Feiga Skutelskaya (née, 1880, Jēkabpils – 1941, Liepāja), and his brothers Moisey (1904, Liepāja – 1941), Yakov (1916, Liepāja – 1941), and Khonon (1921, Liepāja – 1941) perished. His brother Gersh (1918, Liepāja) was conscripted into the Soviet Army and went missing during WWII. His brothers and sister, Ruven (1910, Liepāja), Samuil (1914, Liepāja), and Ester Rayatskaya (née Skutelskaya) (1919, Liepāja), emigrated to the territory of modern Israel in the 1930s. His sister Sonya Dell (née Skutelskaya) (1906, Liepāja) emigrated to the USA in the 1920s.

From 1956 to 1969, Mikhail Skutelsky repeatedly applied for permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

  • Ulmans Khava (1921, Daugavpils – 1941, Liepāja) — first wife 

  • [[en:people:skutelskaya_hilda|Hilda Skutelskaya]] (née Vit, Zik) (1922) — second wife

  • [[en:people:skutelsky_karmel|Karmel Skutelsky]] (1948) — son

  • David Skutelsky (1879, Daugavpils – 1941, Liepāja) — father 

  • Feiga Skutelskaya (née) (1880, Jēkabpils – 1941, Liepāja) — mother 

  • Moisey Skutelsky (1904, Liepāja – 1941) — brother 

  • Yakov Skutelsky (1916, Liepāja – 1941) — brother 

  • Khonon Skutelsky (1921, Liepāja – 1941) — brother 

  • Gersh Skutelsky (1918, Liepāja) — brother 

  • Ruven Skutelsky (1910, Liepāja) — brother 

  • Samuil Skutelsky (1914, Liepāja) — brother 

  • Sonya Dell (née Skutelskaya) (1906, Liepāja) — sister 

  • Ester Rayatskaya (née Skutelskaya) (1919, Liepāja) — sister