Blumenthal Mozus(1904 – 1941)

Mozus Blumenthal was born on 4 April 1900 in Moscow into a merchant family. His father’s name was Shay, his mother’s name – Tsira Dvora (née Fridberg).

In 1906, the family moved to the homeland of his parents – Tukums. From 1910, Mozus Blumenthal studied at Tukums Municipal Commercial School. In 1915, he lived in Daugavpils. In 1916, he resumed his studies at the Tukums Municipal Commercial School, which had been evacuated to Valka. In 1917, he moved to Rostov-on-Don, where he studied at the local Municipal Commercial School. In 1919, he graduated and the same year began studying medicine at the Don University.

In 1920, Mozus Blumenthal returned to Latvia and began studying law at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1928. He was a philister (alumnus) of the Jewish student fraternity “Hasmonea”.

From 1921 to 1922, he completed his compulsory military service in the Latvian Army.

He worked in the office of sworn advocate R. Benuss. From 9 April 1930, he was assistant to sworn advocate E. Zebergs; from 1932, assistant to sworn advocate G. Bethers; and from 1933, assistant to sworn advocate T. Nesterov in Tukums.

From 7 April 1937, Mozus Blumenthal was a sworn advocate in Tukums.

Mozus Blumenthal was head of the Tukums branch of the Jewish national organisation “Trumpeldor” and worked with the Tel Hai Fund.

He was killed during the Nazi occupation in 1941.

He was married, with a son named Hain. His wife and son were also killed during the Nazi occupation.