Rafael Usdin( click on the photo to enlarge)
Rafael Usdin was born on April 5, 1920 in Riga to:
- Gershon- Simkha, born to Khaim on February1, 1897( Julian date) in Dvinsk. Ghetto, Central prison, perished
- Tauba Sominski, born on January 23, 1895( Julian date)[ January10, Gregorian date] to Elya, the son of Berko and Freida- Lea, the daughter of Mones Sominski. Ghetto, killed
Tauba Sominski birth record( click on the image to enlarge)
- Gershon- Simkha, born to Khaim on February1, 1897( Julian date) in Dvinsk. Ghetto, Central prison, perished
- Tauba Sominski, born on January 23, 1895( Julian date)[ January10, Gregorian date] to Elya, the son of Berko and Freida- Lea, the daughter of Mones Sominski. Ghetto, killed
Tauba Sominski birth record( click on the image to enlarge)
Rafael Usdin married to Perl Dobrin born to Peisakh and Maria Dobrin on November 1, 1921( Julian date) in Riga.
Perl' s father, Peisakh Dobrin was born to Hirsh on December 27, 1897 and was a trader. During the war he was in Uzbekistan. He survived.
Peisakh Dobrin Tachkent refugees cardfile
Occupation: Director
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Perl's mother, Maria was born on April 23, 1894 in Lutzin. Maiden name: Baum.( fate unknown)
Perl had at least one sister, Maria( Musia), born in 1823. During the war she was in Uzbekistan with her father Peisakh.
Perl' s father, Peisakh Dobrin was born to Hirsh on December 27, 1897 and was a trader. During the war he was in Uzbekistan. He survived.
Peisakh Dobrin Tachkent refugees cardfile
Occupation: Director
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Perl's mother, Maria was born on April 23, 1894 in Lutzin. Maiden name: Baum.( fate unknown)
Perl had at least one sister, Maria( Musia), born in 1823. During the war she was in Uzbekistan with her father Peisakh.
Maria( Musia) Dobrin Tachkent refugees cardfile
Occupation: Seamstress
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Occupation: Seamstress
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The Dobrin family photos
Maria( Musia) and Perl Dobrin. About 1931
Peisakh and Maria( Musia) Dobrin with daughters Perl and Maria
About 1937. ( click on the photo to enlarge)
Maria( Musia) and Perl Dobrin. About 1931
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Peisakh and Maria( Musia) Dobrin with daughters Perl and Maria
About 1937. ( click on the photo to enlarge)
Musia
Dobrin lives in Israel. She told her Granddaughter an
unbelievable story about her escape from the Germans on 1941 and about
the fate of her sister Perl and her husband Rafael Usdin.
Musia and her sister Perl with husband Rafael Usdin were sitting on a train from at the central railway station at Riga .
Suddenly a person announced that each person who will live Riga by the train will loose his job.
Rafael and his new wife have decided to get out from the train and stayed at Riga, and latter were murdered by the Germans.
Musia continued to sit at the train and fled from Riga and by this survived.
She can’t forgive herself even today, why she let them live the train by the false announcement of “loosing jobs”.
Rafael and his wife lived in ghetto during the war. He worked at Olaine Torfwerk. He was still alive on April 21, 1943.( Source: House register, List of inhabitants for 1939, List of peatfactory workers for 1943)
Rafael and Perl were killed.
Photos submitted by Dana Wasserman, Musia's Granddaughter. Israel
Musia and her sister Perl with husband Rafael Usdin were sitting on a train from at the central railway station at Riga .
Suddenly a person announced that each person who will live Riga by the train will loose his job.
Rafael and his new wife have decided to get out from the train and stayed at Riga, and latter were murdered by the Germans.
Musia continued to sit at the train and fled from Riga and by this survived.
She can’t forgive herself even today, why she let them live the train by the false announcement of “loosing jobs”.
Rafael and his wife lived in ghetto during the war. He worked at Olaine Torfwerk. He was still alive on April 21, 1943.( Source: House register, List of inhabitants for 1939, List of peatfactory workers for 1943)
Rafael and Perl were killed.
Photos submitted by Dana Wasserman, Musia's Granddaughter. Israel