Kur Bunya Itsikovna (1930)

Kur (née Shugol) Bunya Itsikovna (born December 16, 1930, Rēzekne) — worker.

Bunya Kur was born into the family of a laborer, Itsik Movshevich Shugol (1887, Rēzekne – 1962, Riga), and a housewife, Libe-Reyza Berovna Shugol (née Klyatskina) (1891, Rēzekne – 1963, Riga).

In 1938, she entered Jewish School No. 11 in Rēzekne, where she studied until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1941. That same year, she was evacuated to the Tatar ASSR and raised in an orphanage until 1943, when her parents found her. The family then moved to the Yaroslavl region, where she worked until 1945.

After returning to Riga, she worked as a bookbinder at the “Ciņa” printing house while attending an evening school for working youth (1946–1950), completing seven grades.

Employment history:

Worker at the “Elektro” factory (1950–1951);

Worker at the “Elektro” artel (1951–1953);

Dependent on her husband’s income (1953–1963);

Winder at the “Sadarbs” factory (1963–1965);

Packer at the Home Work Cooperative (1965–1975).

Married to Simen Elyasovich Kur (born 1927, Riga). They had two children: Elvira Semenovna Mintz (Kur) (born 1952, Riga) and Leonid Semenovich Kur (born 1959, Riga).

In 1975, Bunya Kur received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1972 her husband’s sister Sheina Elyasovna Levshtein (Kur) (born 1932, Riga) had been living.

Family:

Itsik Movshevich Shugol (1887–1962) - father
Libe-Reyza Berovna Shugol (1891–1963) - mother

Sisters:

Elka Itsikovna Kuklya (née Shugol) (b. 1914, Rēzekne);

Malka Itsikovna Rebe (née Shugol) (b. 1919, Rēzekne);

Brayna Itsikovna Smirina (Shugol) (b. 1929, Rēzekne; emigrated to Israel in 1972);

Brothers:

Ber Itsikovich Shugol (Shugal)(b. 1912, Rēzekne — died in prison in 1944, posthumously rehabilitated);

Movsha Itsikovich Shugol (Shugal) (1916–1929, Rēzekne);

Simen Elyasovich Kur (b. 1927, Riga) - husband

Elvira Semenovna Mintz (Kur) (b. 1952) -daughter

Leonid Semenovich Kur (b. 1959) - son

Sheina Elyasovna Levshtein (Kur) (b. 1932, Riga) - husband’s sister.