Veksler (Weksler) Margarita Mozusovna (29 March 1953, Kherson) — technical college student.

Margarita Veksler was born into a working-class family: her father was Mozus Motelievich Veksler (b. 1912, Rēzekne), and her mother was Zelda Ruvinovna Veksler (née Lapp) (b. 1921, Riga). After completing eight years of secondary school, she enrolled in the Riga Construction Technical College in 1969.

In 1971, she was granted permission to emigrate to Israel, where her uncle (mother’s brother) Khezkiel Ruvinovich Lapp (b. 1915, Riga) had lived since 1939, and her aunt (mother’s sister) Khae-Sora Ruvinovna Slavina (née Lapp) (b. 1919) had been residing since 1966. The latter emigrated to Australia in 1977.

Mozus Motelievich Veksler (b. 1912) — father
Zelda Ruvinovna Veksler (née Lapp) (b. 1921) — mother
Motel Mozusovich Veksler (b. 1946, Riga) — brother
Khezkiel Ruvinovich Lapp (b. 1915) — uncle
Khae-Sora Ruvinovna Slavina (née Lapp) (b. 1919) — aunt