Rapoport Naum Bentsionovich (1913)

Rapoport Naum Bentsionovich (1913 – unknown).

Naum Rapoport began his working career in 1928 as a worker at a mill. From 1929 to 1932 he worked on a collective farm. From 1932 to 1935 he served as a cultural propaganda instructor at the district Komsomol committee, secretary of the political department of an MTS, and senior Pioneer leader.

From 1935 to 1937 he performed active military service in the ranks of the Soviet Army. In November 1937 he was elected First Secretary of the Minsk City Committee of the Komsomol. In 1939 he was assigned to work in the NKVD bodies, where he held responsible positions: Deputy Head of the Political Department of the Belarusian Militia Administration, Deputy Head of the District NKVD Department for Political Affairs, Head of a Department in the MGB of the Latvian SSR, Deputy Head of the Daugavpils City Department of the MGB, and Deputy Head of the Ludza District Department of the MGB.

He served in the state security bodies until 1952, when he was demobilized due to illness. From 1952 to 1963 he worked as a construction technician and as Chief of Civil Defense Staff of the Krāslava District.