Captain (political officer) Daniil Gelf Gelfenbein was born in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR), 1905 to Volf and Yelena nee Gershkovich. He was an employee and married to Serafima. Prior to WWII he lived in Moskva, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Captain (political officer) Gelf Gelfenbein was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Novaya Usman, Russia (USSR), 23/07/1942.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.