Kur Simen Elyasovich (1927)

Kur Simen Elyasovich (May 6, 1927, Riga) — worker.

Simen Kur was born into the family of Girsh-Elya Tevlevich Kur (1894, Dvinsk — today Daugavpils — murdered by the Nazis in the ghetto in 1941) and Khana Leybovna Kur (1899, Sabile — 1962, Riga).

He graduated from seven grades of Riga Jewish School No. 13 (1941). During World War II, he was evacuated to Gorky Region, where he worked at the collective farm Krasnaya Niva (1941–1945). After returning to Riga, he worked as a laborer at the textile factory Merino (1945–1951), then as a foreman at the artel Tekstilnieks, later renamed the factory Sadarbs (1951–1965). From 1965 to 1975, he served as head of the repair and mechanical workshop at the Home Industry Combine.

Married to Bunya Itsikovna Kur (née Shugol) (born 1930, Rēzekne).

Their children: Elvira Semenovna Mintz (née Kur) (born 1952, Riga) and Leonid Semenovich Kur(born 1959, Riga).

In 1975, he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sister Sheina Elyasovna Levshtein (née Kur) (born 1932, Riga) had been living since 1972.

Family:

Girsh-Elya Tevlevich Kur (1894–1941) — father
Khana Leybovna Kur (1899–1962) — mother
Genekh Elyasovich Kur (born 1925, Riga) — brother
Sheina Elyasovna Levshtein (née Kur) (born 1932, Riga) — sister
Bunya Itsikovna Kur (née Shugol) (born 1930, Rēzekne) — wife
Elvira Semenovna Mintz (née Kur) (born 1952, Riga) — daughter
Leonid Semenovich Kur (born 1959, Riga) — son