Tserlin Khaim Isaakovich (1928, Riga) – engineer, Candidate of Economic Sciences. Ts.'s mother, Tserlina (née Girshberg) Taube (1899, Jelgava – 1969, Riga), worked as a saleswoman at the “Gollender and Friedländer” stationery shop in Riga. Ts.'s father, Tserlin Isaak (… – …), left the family shortly after Ts.'s birth, and Ts. had no information about his fate. In 1936 he enrolled at the Riga Jewish School. During the war years he was evacuated with his mother to the Alma-Ata Region, and worked at a local collective farm and MTS. In 1945 he returned to Riga. In 1946—49 he studied at the Riga Light Industry Technical College. In 1949—51 he worked as assistant foreman and senior foreman at the “Sarkanā Tekstilniece” combine. In 1951 he served in the Soviet Army. In 1951—53 he worked as a vocational training instructor at the Riga Vocational School. In 1954—59 he worked as head of the quality control department at the “Dzirkstelīte” artel. In 1958 he received a higher technical education, completing the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry in the profile of mechanical technology of fibrous materials and their quality. In 1959—60 he was head of a shop at the “Kurzemes Manufaktūra” combine. In 1960—62 he worked as an engineer at the TKTB of the SMKh of the Latvian SSR. In 1963—65 Ts. did graduate study at the Moscow Textile Institute. From 1965 – employee of the Latvian Scientific Research Institute of Light Industry, senior research associate. In November 1966 he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences at the Moscow Textile Institute.
During his time at the light industry institute, Ts. took part in the development of a number of stages of designing the automated production management system of the “Rīgas Adītājs” knitting factory.
In 1950 Ts. registered his marriage to Tserlina (née Teveleva) Berenika (1926, Riga). In the marriage children Tserlin David (1952, Riga) and Tserlina Aviva (1960, Riga) were born.
In 1972 the Ts. family received permission to emigrate to Israel, to join Ts.'s wife's half-brother from her mother's first marriage, Abkin Abram (1919, Petrograd), who left for the territory of the present State of Israel in 1938.
In the late 1970s Ts. lived in Ra'anana and worked as a senior employee at the Israel Development Bank.
A. Norman
Tserlin David (1952, Riga) – son
Tserlina Aviva (1960, Riga) – daughter
Tserlina (née Teveleva) Berenika (1926, Riga) – wife
Tserlina (née Girshberg) Taube (1899, Jelgava – 1969, Riga) – mother
Tserlin Isaak (… – …) – father
Abkin Abram (1919, Petrograd) – wife's half-brother