Lurie Bela Zalmanovna (1929)

Lurie (Levina) Bela Zalmanovna (8 January 1929, Rēzekne) — saleswoman.

Bela Lurie was the daughter of Zalman Levin (1896, Rēzekne – 1966, Riga) and Chaya Levina (1897, Rēzekne – 1942, Tashkent). In 1941 she completed the 5th grade of primary school. That same year she was evacuated with her mother and sisters to the town of Kermin, Bukhara Region, Uzbek SSR. In 1945 she returned to Latvia.

Until 1946 she worked at the “Laima” factory in Riga. In 1947 she graduated from the Riga Food Industry Vocational Training School. In 1947–54 she worked again at the “Laima” factory. In 1954–61 she was a homemaker. In 1961 she was in charge of a display stand at the central kolkhoz market of the Olaine Consumer Society. From 1963 she worked as a saleswoman in Shop No. 31 of the Riga Consumer Society.

In her marriage to Zalman Lurie (1915, Žagare, Šiauliai District) a son was born, Samuil Lurie (1957, Riga). Her sister, Genessa Rotbert (née Levina) (1923, Liepāja), lived and worked in Krustpils in the early 1970s. In 1971 she received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s brother, Iosif Lurie (1908, Žagare, Šiauliai District).

A. Norman

Zalman Lurie (1915, Žagare, Šiauliai District) — husband
Samuil Lurie (1957, Riga) — son
Zalman Levin (1896, Rēzekne – 1966, Riga) — father
Chaya Levina (1897, Rēzekne – 1942, Tashkent) — mother
Braina Tsircen (née Levina) (1924, Liepāja) — sister
Genessa Rotbert (née Levina) (1923, Liepāja) — sister
Iosif Lurie (1908, Žagare, Šiauliai District) — husband’s brother