Furems Vladimir Semenovich (26 October 1944, Moscow) — jeweler.

Vladimir Furems was born into the family of tailor Semyon Yakovlevich Furems (1912, Minsk — 1986, Riga) and Pera Lvovna Furems (née Gurevich) (born 1918, Kursk).

He attended a secondary school in Riga from 1950 to 1960. From 1960 to 1962 he worked as a confectioner in the catering trust of Riga’s Moscow District. In 1963–1964 he worked as a technician for the Riga municipal telephone network, and in 1964 at the “Metallosbytremont” factory. Later in 1964 he served as a sailor in the port supervision service at the Riga seaport.

From 1964 to 1967 he served in the Soviet Army in Sverdlovsk region and Moscow. After demobilization he returned to Riga, where he worked as an enameller and jeweler at the repair-mechanical factory “Darbs,” later reorganized into a production association of the same name (1968–1973). From 1973 to 1974 he was an artist at the Bolderāja woodworking combine. Between 1974 and 1987 he worked as a jeweler at the “Darbs” production association, the “Elektrons” production association, and the Experimental Plant.

In marriage to Lyudmila Grigoryevna Furems (née Nabuvailo; in first marriage Kurte) (born 1946, Ivano-Frankivsk), he had two daughters:Giula Vladimirovna Furems (born 1969, Riga) and Yana Vladimirovna Furems (born 1975, Riga).

In 1987 Vladimir Furems received permission to travel to the Western sector of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) to visit acquaintances — Mikhail Kharitonovich Albrot (born 1925, Minsk) and Inessa Ilyinichna Albrot (née Pevzner) (born 1933, Minsk), who emigrated to Israel in 1973 and later settled in West Berlin.

Note: After the Second World War, Mikhail Kharitonovich Albrot lived and was raised in the family of Vladimir Semenovich Furems.

Family:

Semyon Yakovlevich Furems (1912–1986) — father
Pera Lvovna Furems (née Gurevich) (1918) — mother
Osip Semenovich Furems (1947, Riga) — brother
Lidia Semenovna Mayer (1937, Moscow) — cousin (emigrated to the GDR in 1964)
Ludmila Grigoryevna Furems (née Nabuvailo; first marriage Kurte) (1946) — wife
Giula Vladimirovna Furems (1969) — daughter
Yana Vladimirovna Furems (1975) — daughter
Mikhail Kharitonovich Albrot (1925) — acquaintance
Inessa Ilyinichna Albrot (née Pevzner) (1933) — acquaintance