Karp (born Rokhov) Solomon Yakovlevich (9 March 1918, Riga) — trade worker.

Solomon Karp was the son of Rivka Samuilovna Karp (née Borovik, formerly Rokhova) (1895, Vitebsk – …) and Yakov Rokhov (1889, Riga – 1919, Riga). Later adopted by his mother’s second husband, Solomon Karp (1890, Jelgava – 1945, Riga).

He completed six grades of primary school.

1933–36 — apprentice shop assistant at Gurvich’s building materials shop in Riga.

1936–39 — salesman at Tuvman’s fruit and vegetable shop.

1939–40 — soldier in the Latvian Army.

1940–41 — storekeeper at the Riga City Construction Trust.

1941 — volunteered for the Soviet Army but was discharged in December 1941 due to illness.

1942–44 — manager of the agricultural machinery depot in the Kemer district of Bukhara Region.

1944 — drafted into the Soviet Army, discharged in 1945.

1946–47 — head of repair workshops at the “Veka” artel in Riga.

1947–54 — shop manager at the “Pishchevik” artel, the Latrybolovkoopttorg enterprise, and the Riga City Food Trade Organisation.

1955 — kiosk manager at Latpromkooptorg.

1955–61 — head of a department in the Riga 2nd City Industrial Trade Organisation shop.

1961 — head of a department in a Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Trade Organisation shop.

From 1961 — shop manager at the Jurmala Interdistrict Fish Cooperative.

He married Basya Maksovna Karp (née Pavlovskaya) (1921, Valga). Their children: Mara Beingolts (née Karp) (b. 1948, Riga) and Ilona Karp (b. 1958, Riga).

His sister, Berta Sinai (née Karp) (b. 1921, Riga), left for Austria in 1945 as the wife of an Austrian citizen; lived in Israel in the 1950s, and in Düsseldorf in the 1960s.

His brother, Yokhiel Karp (1927, Riga – 1948), a watchmaker, was robbed and killed at the Riga seaside.

His sister, Yokha Korzh (née Karp) (b. 1929, Riga), moved to Poland in 1957 as the wife of a Polish citizen, and in the 1960s lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1972 Solomon Karp received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his wife’s relative, Chaya Ginsberg (b. 1909, Valga).

Family connections:

Basya Maksovna Karp (née Pavlovskaya, b. 1921, Valga) – wife
Mara Beingolts (née Karp, b. 1948, Riga) – daughter
Ilona Karp (b. 1958, Riga) – daughter
Yakov Rokhov (1889, Riga – 1919, Riga) – father
Solomon Karp (1890, Jelgava – 1945, Riga) – stepfather
Rivka Samuilovna Karp (née Borovik, formerly Rokhova, 1895, Vitebsk – …) – mother
Berta Sinai (née Karp, b. 1921, Riga) – sister
Yokha Korzh (née Karp, b. 1929, Riga) – sister
Yokhiel Karp (1927, Riga – 1948) – brother
Chaya Ginsberg (b. 1909, Valga) – wife’s aunt