Temkin Aron Mendelevich (10 July 1913, Riga) — worker.

In 1934, Aron Temkin graduated from the evening school named after Sholem Aleichem in Riga. In 1933–1934, he worked as an office employee at the firm “I. Grinblat,” which traded dental supplies. In 1934–1935, he served in the Latvian Army.

From 1936 to 1940, he worked as a procurement worker at the firm “Spruk & Zaidlin” in Riga. In 1940–1941, he was employed as a guard at the “Kurzeme Manufactory.” In June 1941, he was evacuated with his family to Buinsk (Ibresi district). The same year, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. In 1942, after being wounded, he was demobilized.

Postwar activity:

• 1947–1948 — worked in the Riga artel “Raznoprom,” master in glove-making

• 1951–1955 — procurement worker in artels “Dzirkstele,” “Rīgas Apavnieks,” at the industrial combine of Stalin District, and at the municipal service combine

• 1956–1957 — orderly at a home for the disabled and blind in Riga

• 1957–1959 — various jobs in Riga (painter, guard, shoe cutter)

• 1960–1968 — worker and quality control inspector at the rubber goods factory “Sarkanais Kvadrāts”

Aron Temkin was awarded the medal “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”

In the 1960s, his sisters — Ida Temkina (1909), Khaya Shami (née Temkina) (1910), and Sima Benart (née Temkina) (1911) — lived and worked in Israel. His mother, Khana Temkina (1885, Polotsk — 1951, Tel Aviv), is buried in Israel. His father, Mendel Temkin (1886, Riga — 1942, Bashkiria), is believed to have died in evacuation.

In 1969, Aron Temkin received permission to emigrate to Israel.

He was married first to Fruma Temkina (1913, Riga); their daughters were Anna Sorokina (née Temkina) (1936, Riga) and Fira Temkina (1946, Riga). The marriage was dissolved in 1960. He later married Lyudmila Temkina (née Birons) (1926, Riga). Despite the divorce, he maintained warm relations with his first family and in 1971 sent an invitation for his younger daughter to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Mendel Temkin (1886–1942) — father
Khana Temkina (1885–1951) — mother
Ida Temkina (1909) — sister
Khaya Shami (née Temkina) (1910) — sister
Sima Benart (née Temkina) (1911) — sister
Fruma Temkina (1913) — first wife
Lyudmila Temkina (née Birons) (1926) — second wife
Anna Sorokina (née Temkina) (1936) — daughter
Fira Temkina (1946) — daughter