Gurevich (Gurewitsch) Arnold (27 March 1902, Riga – 1941) — lawyer, Zionist activist.
Arnold Gurevich was born into the family of a property owner. His father was Lazar Gurevich, and his mother was Rakhel (née Eliasberg). His siblings included Boris Gurevich, assistant to a sworn advocate, and Regina Gurevich, a jurist.
During the Latvian War of Independence, from June to December 1919, he served in the Baltic Landeswehr and from July 1919 as a German volunteer in the Latvian Army, participating in combat against Bolshevik forces.
He began his legal studies at the University of Latvia in 1920 and graduated in 1928. From 1920 to 1923, Gurevich worked as a secretary in the Department for Jewish Education at the Ministry of Education. Between 1926 and 1928, he worked at the office of sworn advocate D. Danziger, later with advocate G. Heinecke, and also served as secretary to Sāima deputy M. Lazerson, while contributing to the Russian-language newspaper Narodnaya Mysl’.
From September 1931 to January 1932, he completed mandatory military service in the 6th Riga Infantry Regiment. On 28 September 1932, he became an assistant to sworn advocate G. Heinecke, and from 17 January 1934, to I. Abrahamson. In 1929, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Zeitschrift für Handel und Industrie.
Gurevich was a committed Zionist for three decades. He was active in the Histadrut Zionit, the Latvian Union of Zionist Socialist Parties, and the Society for the Liberation of Latvian Jews. In 1933, he was elected deputy chairman of the party.
On 12 April 1935, by order of the Minister of Justice, he was removed from the list of assistant advocates but continued working in the offices of sworn advocates H. Libesman and J. Ozols. During the Soviet occupation, the removal order was annulled on 22 August 1940, and Gurevich resumed work as an assistant to I. Abrahamson. In January 1941, he was admitted to the Bar Association.
He was killed during the Nazi occupation of Latvia in 1941.
Awards: Latvian Commemorative Medal of the War of Independence.
Never married.
Lazar Gurevich — father
Rakhel Gurevich (née Eliasberg) — mother
Boris Gurevich — brother
Regina Gurevich — sister