Rebecca( Riva) Bach, born Oboler in Dvinsk

Riva Oboler


Rebecca Oboler was born on June 8, 1908 in Dvinsk to Abram, the son of Aron Oboler and Lea, the daughter of  Sholom- Mordukh Tziser.

Riva Oboler birth record
Riva Oboler birth record

Her Grandfather Aron was the son of Kaufman Oboler. He died on January 15, 1894 of tuberculosis in Dvinsk at the age of 53.

Aron Oboler death record
Aron Oboler death record

Riva Oboler was a Medicine nurse in Bikur Holim hospital in Riga. She married Moses Bach. Riva and her husband Moses Bach were exiled to Siberia from about 1940-45, not to prison but for what they could contribute there professionally.  He was an engineer and she was a surgical nurse.  When they returned to Latvia they were not allowed to live in Dvinsk, so they settled in Riga.  In about 1963 Moses died and Riva retired and moved to Israel.  She died around 2007.

Photos and info submitted by Zalman Usiskin from the collection of Ed Rappaport.  (Riva was Ed's great-aunt, a sister of his grandfather.)


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