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Tserlina Berenika Izakovna (1926)

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SurnameTserlina
NameBerenika
PatronymIzakovna
Birth year1926
Birth month6
Birth day17
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Tserlina (née Teveleva) Berenika Izakovna (17.06.1926, Riga) – engineer. Daughter of Teveleva (née Bykovskaya, Abkina) Feyga (1900, Krustpils) and Tevelev Itskhak (Itskhok) (1892, Riga – 1969, Riga). In 1941 she completed the 10th Municipal Jewish School in Riga. In 1941 she was evacuated to the Soviet interior with her parents. In 1944—45 she worked as a records clerk at a sawmill of the district food-processing combine in the Alma-Ata Region. In 1945 she was re-evacuated to Riga. In 1945—46 she worked as a filing clerk at the Riga Ship Repair Plant. In 1950 she completed the textile division of the Riga Light Industry Technical College, qualifying as a technical-process engineer. In 1950—51 she worked as assistant foreman at the “Tekstilniece” factory in Riga. In 1951—52 she was a teacher at FZU No. 2 of the Ministry of Light Industry. In 1952—53 she worked as a teacher at a vocational school. In 1952—53 – teacher at ZhU No. 1 UTR. In 1955—58 Ts. worked as an engineer: at the Ministry of Fuel Industry (1955—1958), at the Knitwear Factory (1958—1961), at the LKB UMP (1961—1963), and at the PKB MBOi LSSR (1963—1967). From 1967 – leading engineer at the Special Design and Technical Bureau.

In 1950 Ts. married Tserlin Khaim (1928, 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 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.

A. Norman

Tserlin David (1952, Riga) – son
Tserlina Aviva (1960, Riga) – daughter
Tserlin Khaim (1928, Riga) – husband
Teveleva (née Bykovskaya, Abkina) Feyga (1900, Krustpils) – mother
Tevelev Itskhak (1892, Riga – 1969, Riga) – father
Abkin Abram (1919, Petrograd) – half-brother