Kopman Moisey Kalmanovich (1910)

Kopman (Kopmann) Moisey Kalmanovich (10 May 1910, Varakļāni, Latvia) — labourer.

Moisey Kopman was born into the family of Kalman Mendelevich Kopman (1879, Varakļāni – 1977, Rēzekne) and Taiba Vulfovna (Khaimovna) Kopman (née Sandler) (1882, Varakļāni – 1960, Rēzekne).

He completed four years of study at Varakļāni School (1924) and worked as a shoe cutter in Solovey’s private workshop (1924–1930). He served in the Latvian Army (1930–1931, Alūksne). From 1931 to 1934, he worked at a flax and seed collection point in the Kārsava District, and from 1934 to 1941 was employed as a flax procurement agent in the village of Tilža (Balvi District). During the Second World War, he was sent by the military commissariat to work at OrstrustAktubUgol (1941–1945, Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR).

After returning to Latvia, he worked as a procurement agent at the Latgale Consumers’ Cooperative (1945–1946, Tilža), as the manager of a shop of the Rēzekne District Consumers’ Cooperative (1946–1960), as a raw-material procurement agent at the Riga Consumers’ Cooperative (1961–1962), as a salesman at the Riga City Trade Department (1963–1967), and as a senior salesman at Store No. 1 of the “Latvtara” retail base (1968–1972).

In his marriage to Tsiva Samuilovna Kopman (née Shneer) (1910, Varakļāni) were born daughters Sulamis Moiseyevna Levina (née Kopman) (1935,Rēzekne), Vikhna Moiseyevna Mozeshtam (née Kopman) (1939, Rēzekne), Mariya Moiseyevna Tuzman (née Kopman) (1943, Aktyubinsk), and son Shom Moiseyevich Kopman (1946, Tilža).

In 1972, Moisey Kopman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his daughter Sulamis Moiseyevna Levina (née Kopman) (1935) had lived since 1971.

Kalman Mendelevich Kopman (1879, Varakļāni – 1977, Rēzekne) — father
Taiba Vulfovna (Khaimovna) Kopman (née Sandler) (1882, Varakļāni – 1960, Rēzekne) — mother
Kopman Gulf Kalmanovich (1921, Varakļāni) — brother
Lifshits (née Kopman) Frida Kalmanovna (1907, Varakļāni) — sister
Frumerman (née Kopman) Khaya Kalmanovna (1916, Varakļāni) — sister (emigrated to Israel in 1977)
Glezerman (née Kopman) Basya Kalmanovna (1923, Varakļāni) — sister
Kopman Tsiva Samuilovna (née Shneer) (1910, Varakļāni) — wife
Levina (née Kopman) Sulamis Moiseyevna (1935, Rēzekne) — daughter
Mozeshtam (née Kopman) Vikhna Moiseyevna (1939, Rēzekne) — daughter
Tuzman (née Kopman) Mariya Moiseyevna (1943, Aktyubinsk) — daughter
Kopman Shom Moiseyevich (1946, Tilža) — son