Grinberg Boris Moiseyevich (22 June 1919, Surazh, Vitebsk Region) — cobbler.

Boris Grinberg was the son of Moisey Grinberg (… – 1927, Kazan) and Sima Grinberg (née Genfand) (… – 1941). In 1933, he completed seven years of basic schooling. From 1933 to 1934, he was a student at the Vitebsk Vocational School for Shoemakers. Between 1934 and 1938, he worked as a shoe preparer at the “Krasny Oktyabr” (Red October) factory in Vitebsk. From 1939 to 1944, he served in the Soviet Army and took part in combat on the Ukrainian Front. He was demobilised as a disabled veteran of the Second World War following an injury sustained in 1944.

In 1946, Grinberg moved to Riga, where he managed Pavilion No. 3 of the Riga Special Trade Organisation. From 1947 to 1949, he was the head of a shoe repair workshop within the Latvian Consumers’ Union artel for disabled persons. From 1950 to 1957, he worked as a cobbler in a Latvian Industrial Council artel. From 1951 to 1952, he was a shoemaker at the Latvian State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. From 1952 to 1955, he worked in the suitcase department of the “Adu Galanteriya” artel. From 1956 to 1957, he was employed as a shoemaker at the Riga Leather and Footwear Combine. Between 1957 and 1960, he worked as an independent cobbler. From 1960 onwards, he was employed as an optician at the Riga Pharmaceutical Factory.

He was married to Haya Grinberg (née Khazan) (1922, Riga); they had two daughters, Fanya Grinberg (1947, Riga) and Sima Grinberg (1951, Riga).

Grinberg's mother, Sima Grinberg (née Genfand) (… – 1941), and brother, Isaak Grinberg (1925, Cheboksary – 1941), perished in the Holocaust.

His brother, Lev Grinberg (1921, Surazh, Vitebsk Region – …), went missing in action during the Second World War.

His sister, Haya Kotler (née Grinberg) (1923, Surazh, Vitebsk Region), was living and working in Israel during the 1960s. His sister, Raya Grinberg (1927, Cheboksary), was living and working in Riga during the same period.

In the 1960s, Boris Grinberg applied for permission to emigrate to Israel.

Haya Grinberg (née Khazan) (1922, Riga) — wife
Fanya Grinberg (1947, Riga) — daughter
Sima Grinberg (1951, Riga) — daughter
Moisey Grinberg (… – 1927, Kazan) — father
Sima Grinberg (née Genfand) (… – 1941) — mother
Lev Grinberg (1921, Surazh, Vitebsk Region – …) — brother
Haya Kotler (née Grinberg) (1923, Surazh, Vitebsk Region) — sister
Isaak Grinberg (1925, Cheboksary – 1941) — brother
Raya Grinberg (1927, Cheboksary) — sister