Small Riga Ghetto

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The NSDAP work crew included A. Lazer, A. Tukazier, the agronomist
Kodesch, Sch. Kahn, Paul Schermann and others.
A large work crew consisting of young German Jewish girls, the Pharmazia
work crew, was the next in line. It included the yellow-haired Litzie from Berlin,
who was a familiar figure in the ghetto. My son and I had the good fortune
to march out together with this work crew. In this group there were also a few
shoemakers who worked in private workshops and a certain Mr. Roskin, who
worked at the former Albrecht Company.
The next work crew, which went to the Railroad Command Headquarters,
worked in two shifts. The leading personality in this group was Zeitlin (of the
banking house).
Next we could see the Heereskraftpark (Army Vehicle Park) or HKP work
crew, led by the strict German Jew Salaman. A former captain in the German
army, he knew how to lead his "regiment".
The Piensaimniecības (Dairy) work crew was next, with Abe Etschin and
Tewja "Milky" Behrmann of Riga. I too worked here for a short time together
with my comrades Atlas, Michelsohn, Schlossberg and others. We will not
forget the pretty Liesel from Cologne, who also worked there.
This work crew was deployed at the Egg Division and the casein factory,
where Westermann, Gersohn, Kassel, Raizin and others worked.
Thus practically the entire ghetto was on the march, for one work crew followed
another.
Next was the Dental Station work crew. Its proud leader was Dr. Noim. He
was followed by the dentists Dr. Wigdortschik Jr. and Dr. Frisch and by the
dental technicians M. Katz, Straschun, A. Michalischek, Drabkin, Feldmann,
A. Tabak and others.
The Sanitätssammelpunkt (Sanitation Collection Point) or SSP work crew
included Golombek, Child Kahn, Dr. Jaworkowsky, Bubi Kramer and others.
Another work crew had to work at the Pulvertornis (Gunpowder Tower)
across from Basteja Boulevard.
The forced-labor crew for Šķirotava (the railroad dispatching station) was
led by Chait, who had been a merchant of upholstery fabrics.
The railroad work crew included the Leikin brothers and others.
The War Ministry work crew was led by Sobolewitsch, followed by Friedmann,
Siga Blankenstein and others.
The Sixth Regiment work crew was led by Nathan Kagan, then by Hirsch
Polonski, and later by Dannenhirsch (Makkabi). This work crew included