Zeigal (Seigal) Zalman Leibovich (1919, Ventspils) — forwarding agent.
From 1926 to 1933, Zalman Zeigal studied at the 7th Jewish school in Ventspils. From 1945 to 1949, he worked in the Administration of Camps under the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs as a forwarding agent. In 1946, by order of the Department for Repatriation of Prisoners of War of the MVD of the Latvian SSR, he was sent to Austria, Romania, and Germany as a warehouse manager and train supervisor transporting released prisoners of war.
In 1949, he became head of a pavilion at the City Cooperative Trade Department enterprise of Latpotrebsoyuz. From 1949 to 1951, he headed branches No. 80 and 16 of the Jurmala division of the 3rd City Food Trade Department. From 1953 to 1954, he worked as a forwarding agent at the Jurmala District Bread-Baking Plant. In 1955, he was employed as a salesman at the artel Sagadatayis and later at Latkoopttorg. From 1956 to 1969, he worked at the Riga Procurement Office.
During the Great Patriotic War (1941–42), Zalman Zeigal served as a private in the 43rd Latvian Division. He was awarded the medals “For the Defense of Moscow,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45,” and “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45.”
In 1951, he was prosecuted under Article 104 of the Criminal Code of the Latvian SSR but was released in April 1953 under amnesty.
All of Zalman Zeigal’s relatives perished in the Holocaust in Latvia: his parents, Leib Zeigal (1880–1941) and Beile Zeigal (1890–1941); his siblings, Sarra (1913–1941), Yakov (1914–1941), Boris (1916–1941), Tzadok (1921–1941), and Yakha (1923–1941).
In marriage to Esther Zeigal (née Jakobson) (1923, Riga), he had a daughter, Anna Zeigal (1948, Riga). In 1969, Zalman Zeigal received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his wife’s cousin, Rosa Jakobson (1922, Riga).
Esther Zeigal (née Jakobson) (1923, Riga) — wife
Anna Zeigal (1948, Riga) — daughter
Leib Zeigal (1880–1941) — father
Beile Zeigal (1890–1941) — mother
Sarra Zeigal (1913–1941) — sister
Yakov Zeigal (1914–1941) — brother
Boris Zeigal (1916–1941) — brother
Tzadok Zeigal (1921–1941) — brother
Yakha Zeigal (1923–1941) — sister
Rosa Jakobson (1922, Riga) — wife’s cousin