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Veksler Rakhil Isaevna (1912-2000)

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SurnameVeksler
NameRakhil
PatronymIsaevna
Birth year1912
Birth placeDaugavpils
Death year2000
Death placeDaugavpils
SexF

Veksler (née Freyzus) Rakhil Isaevna (1912, Daugavpils – 2000, Daugavpils). At age 19 she joined the CPL, participated in underground activities, and was arrested. In June 1941 she was evacuated to the Karaganda District of the Bashkir ASSR (Russia). On 28 July 1944, after the liberation of Daugavpils from the German invaders, she entered the city as part of an operational group. She worked at the Daugavpils County Committee of the CP(b) (1944—1949). From 1949 to 1968 she worked as head of the Marxism-Leninism study room at the Daugavpils State Teachers' Institute, then as assistant lecturer at the Marxism-Leninism department, lecturer, and senior lecturer at the department of philosophy and political economy of DPI. From 1970 to 1975 she was a lecturer in political economy at the Daugavpils General Technical Faculty of RPI, and then a lecturer at the Daugavpils Technical College of Railway Transport (1979—1986).

Source and author: I. Rochko