Tag #142442 - Interview #100081 (Feiga Kil)

He got an offer at the Jewish hospital Bikkur-Holim [2] in Riga. Latvia was independent at that time [3], the pale of settlement [4] was abolished and Jews were permitted to live in Riga. He didn’t have anybody in Daugavpils, so he had no reason to come back. Father settled in Riga. He was a surgeon in the Jewish hospital and performed very complicated operations. Only Jews worked in that hospital – both doctors and nurses. The patients were also mostly Jews, but nobody was refused from help. Non-Jews were treated as well. The hospital was maintained by the Jewish community of Riga.