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Birman Vulf Ruvinovich (1919)

Personal data
SurnameBirman
NameVulf
PatronymRuvinovich
Birth year1919
Birth month3
Birth day2
Birth placeDaugavpils
SexM

Birman(Birmann) Vulf (Wulf) Ruvinovich (2.03.1919, Daugavpils) — worker.

Vulf Birman graduated from 5 grades of primary school in the village of Borovka. From 1931 to 1941, he was a tailor in private workshops in the city of Daugavpils. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Uzbek SSR, and until 1947 was a guard at the military headquarters in the city of Andizhan.

In 1948, Vulf Birman moved to Riga. From 1948 to 1954, he worked at the “Glavvtorcvetmetall” factory and the Riga flour mill. From 1955 to 1959, he was a presser in the artel “Rigas Drebnieks.” Starting from 1959, he was a worker at the company “Latvia.”

Vulf Birman was married marriage to Zelda Birman (Hamburg) (1926, Daugavpils), they had a daughter Rakhil Plavina (Birman) (1951, Riga).

During the Holocaust, Vulf Birman's parents, Ruvin Birman (1894, Daugavpils — 1942) and Rakhil Birman (1896, Daugavpils — 1942), as well as sisters,Dveyre Birman (…, Daugavpils — 1942, village of Borovka) and Riva Birman (…, Daugavpils — 1942, village of Borovka), were killed. His brother, Semyon Birman (1923, Daugavpils), lived and worked in Riga in the post-war years.

In 1973, Vulf Birman received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of the father of his daughter's husband, Iosif Plavin (1901, Daugavpils)

Family members

Zelda Birman (Hamburg) (1926, Daugavpils) — wife
Rakhil Plavina (Birman) (1951, Riga) — daughter
Ruvin Birman (1894, Daugavpils — 1942) — father
Rakhil Birman (1896, Daugavpils — 1942) — mother
Semyon Birman (1923, Daugavpils) — brother
Dveyre Birman (…, Daugavpils — 1942, village of Borovka) — sister
Riva Birman (…, Daugavpils — 1942, village of Borovka) — sister
Iosif Plavin (1901, Daugavpils) — father of daughter's husband