Sokolovich (Sokolowitsch) (née Lemkin) Goda Sheftelevna (20 April 1903, Riga) — employee.

Goda Sokolovich was born into the family of Khaya Lemkina (née Klein) (1867, Jelgava — 1938) and Sheftel Lemkin (1866, Krustpils — 1941, Riga). In 1923, she graduated from secondary school. From 1924 to 1940, she assisted her husband in running the family-owned perfume shop.

In 1941, she was administratively deported to Krasnoyarsk Territory. From 1941 to 1942, she worked as a labourer at the Molotov collective farm in the village of Aleksandr-Yersha, Dzerzhinsky District; from 1942 to 1943 at the “Strelka” collective farm in Yartsevo District; and from 1943 to 1945 as a storekeeper and kindergarten carer at the Norilsk Combine enterprise.

From 1945 to 1947, she lived in Yeniseysk. In 1947, she returned to Riga, where from 1947 to 1949 she worked as a photographer at the enterprise “Soyuztorgreklama.”

In 1949, she was deported again from the Latvian SSR. Until 1952, she worked as a book distributor at “Rosknigtorg” in Novosibirsk; from 1952 to 1954 as a labourer at a collective farm in the village of Dolgy Most, Krasnoyarsk Territory; and from 1954 to 1956 she lived in Kansk.

In 1957, she returned to Riga and from that year worked as a sales assistant at the enterprise “Soyuzpechat.”

She married Abram Sokolovich (1896 — ?). Their son was Leiba Sokolovich (1925, Riga — 1960, Riga). After her husband’s arrest, she had no information about his fate.

Her father and sisters perished in the Holocaust: Tsilya Martynovskaya (née Lemkina) (1889, Riga — 1941, Riga), Roza Baksht (née Lemkina) (1898, Riga — 1941, Riga), Ella Lemkina (1901, Riga — 1941, Riga), and Ida Elliastein (née Lemkina) (1905, Riga — 1941, Riga).

Her brother Girsh Lemkin (1887, Riga) emigrated to South Africa in the pre-war years.

In 1963, Goda Sokolovich received permission to emigrate to Israel following an invitation from her nephew, Zalman Martynovsky (1923, Riga), who during the war had been deported to Germany together with other prisoners from Riga concentration camps and in the 1940s moved to Israel.

Family:

Abram Sokolovich (1896 — ?) — husband
Leyba Sokolovich (1925, Riga — 1960, Riga) — son
Filipp Sokolovich (1952, Krasnoyarsk Territory) — grandson
Khaya Lemkina (née Klein) (1867, Jelgava — 1938) — mother
Sheftel Lemkin (1866, Krustpils — 1941, Riga) — father
Tsilya Martynovskaya (née Lemkina) (1889, Riga — 1941, Riga) — sister
Girsh Lemkin (1887, Riga) — brother
Roza Baksht (née Lemkina) (1898, Riga — 1941, Riga) — sister
Ella Lemkina (1901, Riga — 1941, Riga) — sister
Ida Elliastein (née Lemkina) (1905, Riga — 1941, Riga) — sister
Zalman Martynovsky (1923, Riga) — nephew