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Ulfkelman Hirsh Davidovich (1910)

Personal data
SurnameUlfkelman
NameHirsh
PatronymDavidovich
Birth year1910
Birth month10
Birth day21
Birth placeDaugavpils
SexM

Ulfkelman Hirsh Davidovich (21 October 1910, Daugavpils — ?) — worker.

Hirsh Ulfkelman completed five grades of primary school. From 1925 to 1928, he was an apprentice in Nakhimovsky’s shop in Daugavpils. From 1928 to 1941, he worked as a shop assistant in Sapugo’s store in Riga.

In 1941, he was evacuated to the interior of the USSR. In 1942, he was mobilized into the labor army and worked at the Bogoslovsk Aluminium Plant in Krasnoturyinsk (Sverdlovsk Region). In 1946, he returned to Riga.

From 1946 to 1962, he worked as a laborer and shop assistant in the Riga Central Department Store, as well as in municipal trade shops (Gorpromtorg and Riga Household Trade). From 1962 to 1968, he was employed as a worker at the REZ factory.

His parents, David Ulfkelman (1884, Daugavpils — 1942) and Feiga Ulfkelman (1882, Daugavpils — 1942), and his sister Ginda Gasul (née Ulfkelman) (1909, Daugavpils — 1942), died in evacuation.

In 1968, he and his wife, Asya Ulfkelman (née Kivotnik) (1912, Riga), received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Asya Ulfkelman (née Kivotnik) (1912, Riga) — wife
David Ulfkelman (1884–1942) — father
Feiga Ulfkelman (1882–1942) — mother
Ginda Gasul (née Ulfkelman) (1909–1942) — sister