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Bakh Girsh Lvovich (1913)

Personal data
SurnameBakh
NameGirsh
PatronymLvovich
Birth year1913
Birth month8
Birth day24
Birth placeRēzekne
SexM

Bakh Girsh (Grigory) Lvovich (24.08.1913, Rēzekne) — economist. In 1928–32 — pupil at the Rēzekne Jewish Gymnasium. In 1932–34, gave private mathematics lessons to families in Rēzekne. In 1934–35, served in the Latvian Army as a private. In 1935–36 — private mathematics tutor in Rēzekne. In 1936–37 — bookkeeper at the Vainer cardboard factory in Riga. In 1937–40 — bookkeeper at the Shmulovich & Co factory. In 1940–41 — bookkeeper at a Gorpromtorg store in Riga. In 1941 — chief bookkeeper of special construction No. 108 of the NKVD Main Directorate of Aerodrome Construction. In 1942–43 — chief bookkeeper of construction office No. 60 “Kommunar” in Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast. While in evacuation in Revda, B. obtained an identity document under the name “Grigory,” which he used until 1952. In 1943–44 — chief bookkeeper of the ORS of Construction Management Unit No. 7 “Kommunstroy” in Sverdlovsk. In 1944–45 — deputy chief bookkeeper at the “Stankosnab” office in Sverdlovsk. In 1945, served in the Soviet Army as a private. In 1945–47 — bookkeeper of the apparatus of the Plenipotentiary of the Main Directorate of Fur Farming in Riga. In 1947–59 — chief bookkeeper at the Yugla plant. In 1959–61 — chief bookkeeper at the Gauya plant. In 1961–64 — senior economist at the Glavkoopkhoztorg depot. In 1964–73 — senior economist at the “Medtekhnika” district administration. In 1966, graduated from the Riga Industrial Polytechnic with a qualification of planning technician. From 1973 — old-age pensioner. His marriage to Bakh (Mendel) Zara (1914, Rēzekne — 1965) produced sons Bakh Alexander (1939, Riga) and Bakh Lev (1943, Sverdlovsk Oblast). In the family of B.'s parents, Ber Leyzer (1896, Livāni — 1959, Riga) and Ber Tamara(1926, Pushkinsky District, Pskov Oblast), 8 brothers and sisters were born: B. himself; Bakh Leyzer (1905, Rēzekne — 1942(?), Kaunas); Bakh Mendel (1906, Rēzekne — 1974, Riga); Bakh Moisei (1908, Rēzekne — 1962, Riga); Bakh Khaim (1902, Rēzekne — 1943, Tagil); Bakh Aron (1917, Rēzekne — 1941); Bakh Sholom (1921, Rēzekne — 1968, Israel); and Khanutina (Bakh) Doba (1910, Rēzekne). In 1978, B. received permission to emigrate to Israel.

A. Norman

Bakh (Mendel) Zara (1914, Rēzekne — 1965) — wife
Bakh Alexander (1939, Riga) — son
Bakh Lev (1943, Sverdlovsk Oblast) — son
Ber Leyzer (1896, Livāni — 1959, Riga) — father
Ber Tamara (1926, Pushkinsky District, Pskov Oblast) — mother
Bakh Lev (1871 — 1932, Rēzekne) — father
Bakh (Gavartin) Khava (1879 — 1959, Riga) — mother
Bakh Leyzer (1905, Rēzekne — 1942(?), Kaunas) — brother
Bakh Mendel (1906, Rēzekne — 1974, Riga) — brother
Bakh Moisei (1908, Rēzekne — 1962, Riga) — brother
Bakh Khaim (1902, Rēzekne — 1943, Tagil) — brother
Bakh Aron (1917, Rēzekne — 1941) — brother
Bakh Sholom (1921, Rēzekne — 1968, Israel) — brother
Khanutina (Bakh) Doba (1910, Rēzekne) — sister