Topas, Lubov

Plot Location2H15
SurnameTopas
Given Name(s)Lubov (Luba)
Place of BirthIrkutsk, Russia
Date of Birth (Eng)November 6, 1893
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)February 14, 1967
Date of Death (Heb)4 Shevat 5727
Age at Death73
Hebrew Nameלובוב
Spouse’s NameBoris Abramov Topas
Father’s NameLev Levinson
Mother’s NameRivka Flyukova
Other Surnames 
SexF
Marital StatusW
Maiden NameLevinson
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of DeathLung cancer
Other Family DataDaughters: Assia (Chasya) Topas (b. July 23, 1917; d. February 4, 1922, Harbin), Eugenie “Genny” Topas Bloch (b. April 8, 1923, Harbin; d. August 2, 2006, Tel Aviv) and Laura Topas Popper (b. December 22, 1931, Shanghai; d. February 7, 2009, Houston, TX). Genny had two children, Monica Bloch and Linda-Renée Bloch-Wust. Their father is George Bloch (2H24). Laura had two daughters and a son, including Lucy Popper Edwards (b. June 19, 1959, NY; d. December 19, 2016, Houston).
Inscription (Eng)IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LUBOV TOPAS
BORN 6TH NOV. 1893 IN IRKUTSK RUSSIA
DIED 14TH FEB. 1967 IN HONG KONG
ERECTED BY HER BELOVED CHILDREN
MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE
Inscription (Heb)לזכר נשמתה של לובוב טופז זל בגן עדן תהא מנוחתה שהלכה לעולמה ב״ד בשבט בשנת התשכ״ז לפ״ק והיו ימיה שבעים ושלוש שנים תנצב״ה
Inscription (Other) 
HistoricalOne of the first women to graduate from University of Warsaw with a degree in dentistry.

Boris (b. February 29, 1892, Stretinsk, Siberia; d. October 28, 1962, Yokohama, Japan) was the president of the Shanghai Russian Ashkenazi Jewish Community for over 20 years, for which he was brutally tortured by the Japanese in the Bridge House Prison for ten months. This is documented in the Hong Kong War Crimes Tribunal where guards and the head of the prison in Shanghai were tried. He is buried in the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. The Jewish community of Japan asked to note on his headstone “He gave his life for his people”.

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