Tsukerman Mikhail Yakovlevich (15.06.1921, Minsk) – office worker. In 1937 he completed secondary school in Minsk. He then until 1941 worked as an electrician at the “October” factory. In 1941—46 he served in the Soviet Army (private in the 84th Guards Division). He took part in the fighting near Moscow and on the Far Eastern Front. After demobilization, in 1946—48 he worked as an administrator at the “Rodina” cinema in Minsk. In 1949—51 he was a supply agent at the “Proletariy” factory. In 1951 he moved to Riga, and until December of the same year worked as a housekeeper at the “Dubulti” rest home. In 1952—54 he was a supply agent at UNR-55 in Riga. In 1954—56 he was a driver at UVSR-21. In 1956—60 he worked as senior commodity expert at Auto Repair Plant No. 2. In 1961—62 he was housekeeper at the light industry institute. From 1963 he worked as an electrician at the food trade office of the Moscow District of Riga. In 1964 he requested permission for a temporary trip to Israel. He holds the medals “For Bravery,” “For the Defense of Moscow,” “For the Victory over Japan,” and “For Participation in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945.”
In 1947 in Minsk he married Tsukerman (née Shutin) Khasya Geselevna.
In the marriage two daughters were born:
Tsukerman Elvira Mikhailovna,
Tsukerman Serafima Mikhailovna (1952, Minsk – (?)).
Father – Tsukerman Yakov Yefimovich (1896 – 1942, Minsk) – shot in the ghetto.
Mother – Tsukerman (née Sapozhnikova) Rakhil Samoylovna (1898, Minsk – (?)) – owner of an agricultural farm; in 1958 she left for Poland, and in 1959 moved to Ramat Ishay.
Brothers:
Tsukerman Isaak Yakovlevich (1938, Minsk – (?), Minsk) – shot in the ghetto in Minsk,
Tsukerman Samuil Yakovlevich (1918, Minsk – 1942, Staraya Russa, Novgorod Region) – killed near Staraya Russa.
Sister – Reznik (née Tsukerman) Ida Yakovlevna (1924, Minsk – (?)) – poultry farm worker;
in 1958 she left for Poland together with her husband (a Polish subject) and her mother, and in 1959 moved to Ramat Ishay.