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Vulf Leya (1908)

Personal data
SurnameVulf
NameLeya
Birth year1908
Birth placeJelgava
SexF

Vulf (née Abramovich, Rabinovich) Leya (1908, Jelgava) – seamstress. Daughter of Abramovich Itsik (1869, Krustpils – 1918, Kharkov) and Abramovich Sheyna (1875, Daugavpils – 1941). She completed 5 grades of basic school. In 1925—30 – seamstress at private workshops in Jelgava. In 1931—41 – housewife. In 1941—44 – seamstress at the “Mnogopromyslovoe Tovarishchestvo” artel in Tugla village, Kirov Region. In 1945—51 – saleswoman at the Riga 2nd Food Trade Office. In 1952—58 – seamstress at the “Bērnu Apģērbs” and “Taupība” artels, at Individual Tailoring Factory No. 2. In 1961—64 – saleswoman at Shops No. 71 and 56 of the Riga Municipal Industrial Trade Office. From 1964 – pensioner.

V.'s mother perished in the Holocaust. V.'s second husband, Vulf Moisey (1908, Riga), adopted V.'s children from her first marriage, Rabinovich Isak (1931, Jelgava) and Rabinovich Boris (1933, Jelgava). In 1971 V. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of a relative, Tuber (née Abramovich) Ella (1903).

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Vulf Moisey (1908, Riga) – second husband
Rabinovich Isak (1931, Jelgava) – son
Rabinovich Boris (1933, Jelgava) – son
Abramovich Itsik (1869, Krustpils – 1918, Kharkov) – father
Abramovich Sheyna (1875, Daugavpils – 1941) – mother
Abramovich Aba (1911, Jelgava) – brother
Rabinovich (née Abramovich) Sara (1897, Jelgava) – sister
Tuber (née Abramovich) Ella (1903) – aunt