Tonkonogy Efim Srulevich (19 April 1926, Kyiv) — shoemaker.

Efim Tonkonogy was the son of Srul Tonkonogy (1885 — 1942, Tashkent) and Khaived Tonkonogaya (1887 — 1958, Riga).

In 1940, he completed seven classes of Kyiv Secondary School No. 50. In 1941, he was evacuated with his parents to the Tashkent Region. In 1943, he volunteered for service in the Soviet Army. In 1943–1944, he served in the 211th Reserve Rifle Regiment. In 1944–1950, he was a senior seaman in military unit No. 69205.

After demobilization, in 1950–1965, he worked as a shoemaker in the artels “Stakhanovets” and “Stalin’s Five-Year Plan,” and at the household services combine of the Proletarian District of Riga. In 1965–1966, he worked as a mechanic at the “Riga Coastal Refrigeration Plant.” In 1967–1970, he was a mechanic at the Riga Gas Supply Administration.

He was awarded the medals “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy,” and “20 Years of the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”

In marriage with Yuta Yerakhmielovna Tonkonogaya (née Levi) (1934, Tukums), two children were born: Isaak Tonkonogy (1957, Riga) and RadaTonkonogaya (1968, Riga).

His brothers, Yakov Tonkonogy (1919 — 1941) and Aron Tonkonogy (1921 — 1941), were killed in action during the Second World War.

In 1971, he received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his wife’s cousin, Dina Glatsman (1918, Tukums).

Family:

Yuta Yerakhmielovna Tonkonogaya (née Levi) (1934, Tukums) — wife
Isaak Tonkonogy (1957, Riga) — son
Rada Tonkonogaya (1968, Riga) — daughter
Srul Tonkonogy (1885–1942) — father
Khaived Tonkonogaya (1887–1958) — mother
Yakov Tonkonogy (1919–1941) — brother
Aron Tonkonogy (1921–1941) — brother
Dina Glatsman (1918, Tukums) — wife’s cousin