Katz Tsemakh Yevseyevich (1947)

Katz Tsemakh (Zemach) Yevseyevich (11 December 1947, Riga) – driver.

From 1964 to 1966, Tsemakh Katz worked as a mechanic in military unit No. 36858. From 1967 to 1969, he was a mechanic at the Kommutator factory. From 1972 to 1973, he was a shoemaker at the Rigas Apavi association, and from 1973 to 1976, he was a mechanic at Rigas Gaze. In 1966, he graduated from Riga Working Youth Secondary School No. 1, and in 1979, he graduated from the Riga Driving School. From 1976 to 1978, he worked at the Riga Repair and Construction Department. From 1977 to 1978, Katz was a driver at Riga Motor Transport Combine No. 3, and from 1979 he worked as head of the maintenance department at the Latvian Republican Administration of the State Labour Insurance Fund.

In 1968, he registered his marriage to Stegalina (Kravchenko, Kats) Zoya (1949). His daughter, Iveta Katz (1969), remained with her mother after her parents’ divorce in 1971. In 1972, Tsemakh Katz married Hasya Katz (Bushkina) (1951), and they had two children, Irashel Katz (1973) and German Katz(1973).

In 1979, TsemakhKatz and his family left Latvia.

Family

Ovsey Katz(1905–1979) – father
Sonya Katz (Azizyan, Prusak) (1922) – mother
Zoya Stegalina (Kravchenko, Katz) (1949) – first wife
Khasya Katz (Bushkina) (1951) – second wife
Irashel Katz (1973) – daughter
German Katz (1973) – son
Iveta Katz (1969) – daughter
Reiza Bushkin (Levinson) (1921) – mother-in-law