Malka was born in Bershad, Ukraine, on Wednesday, 22.9.1911 (29 Elul, 5671).
She was the daughter of Sheindl (Yaffa) Frida (Weinstein), and Baruch Albert. From her childhood Malka always remembered that her family lived on an estate. The family was very wealthy and family members from other parts of the country that were suffering from shortage in food - arrived in their house where they had everything. She also remembered that they had a special hidden basement that her father had built in their house, where they could hide each time the Russian 'Mujikes' (rioters) came into the Jewish homes, stealing, destroying, assaulting, and even burning and killing. She remembered a few occasions when these rioters came into their home.

Since Malkas parents were Zionists they dreamed of going at some point in their lives in the Land of Israel, they made sure that all the family studied the Hebrew language. They did so by having a private Hebrew teacher at home.

At the age of 7, after Malka's father was warned for his family's life, the family escaped from Russia.

Malka arrived in the Land of Israel in 1921 at the age of 9.
She went to the elementary School 'Lemel' in Jerusalem. In Tel-Aviv she went to the famous school 'Geula' (that was founded for the preparation of clerks for the mandatory government institutions), and then to a business school.
After graduation she was fluent in English, French and German. Hebrew, Russian and Yiddish were also languages she was fluent in, since she spoke them at home.

Malka was accepted to the import/export company of Meir Dizengof, later the Mayor of Tel-Aviv. She used to work in the company's offices in Jaffa, and always used to tell how she walked with her friends, daily, in the sand, from Tel-Aviv to Jaffa.

After marring her husband Max on 1935, Malka moved to Jerusalem to be close to her parents. In 1937 she started working for the Jewish Agency, and later for the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, where she stayed until 1948, when the city of Jerusalem was divided.

Nine years Malka stayed at home to raise her son who was born in 1949, and then was asked to come back and work for the Medical School of the Hebrew University, where she was the chief scientific secretary of the Bacteriology department.
During these years Malka edited and translated many scientific works, and was involved in presenting many researches.

Even after Malka retired at the age of 60, many professors and doctors from the Hebrew University that she used to work for, continued using her skills and provided her with a lot of work for many years.

Malka was a very devoted woman to her husband, her son, and her three
Grandchildren. She was a smart, educated and intelligent woman.
She used to read a lot, in all the languages she knew, and enjoyed traveling, music and handwork.

She died in Jerusalem in the 'French Hospital', on Thursday, 17.1.1991 (2 Shevat, 5751).

She is buried in Jerusalem, next to her husband, in the 'Har Hamenuchot' cemetery, where both of her parents are buried.

Group - 92,  field - B,  number - 2.
 
 
 
 

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