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Veinberg Yehudita Danielovna (1913)

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SurnameVeinberg
NameYehudita
PatronymDanielovna
Birth year1913
Birth month1
Birth day23
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Veinberg (Weinberg) (Magaril) Yehudita (Jehudita) Danielovna (23 January 1913, Riga) — economist.

Yehudita Veinberg was the daughter of Daniel Magaril (1879, Russia – …) and Judit Magaril (… – 1913, Riga). In 1930, she graduated from the Riga City Gymnasium. In 1937, she graduated from the Latvian State Conservatoire as a piano major. From 1939 to 1941, she worked as an economist at the Delmag shoe factory (renamed Sarkanais Apavnieks after nationalisation). In 1941, she was evacuated to the Gorky region. From 1941 to 1945, she was employed as an accountant at the Lyskov State Electrotechnical Plant. In 1945, she returned to Riga following re-evacuation and worked as an economist at the Rekord shoe factory until 1946. From 1947 to 1948, she served as a senior accountant in the Kartproduktsiya artel. Between 1948 and 1950, she taught piano at the Mediņš Riga Music School. From 1950 to 1957, she worked as an accountant at the Laima confectionery factory. In 1962, she was employed as an accountant at the Autoelektropribor plant. From 1962 to 1969, she worked as a merchandise specialist at the Riga Wagon Factory. From 1969, she was retired. Yehudita Veinberg was awarded the Medal For Valiant Labour during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45.

Widow of Yakov Veynberg (1903, Saint Petersburg – …, Riga). In 1972, Yehudita Veinberg applied for emigration to Israel, invited by her sister, Miryama Zilman (née Magaril, born 1911, Riga), who had left for the Netherlands in 1933 and had lived in Israel since 1957.

Yakov Veinberg (1903, Saint Petersburg – …, Riga) — husband
Daniel Magaril (1879, Russia – …) — father
Judit Magaril (… – 1913, Riga) — mother
Miryama Zilman (née Magaril) (1911, Riga) — sister