Klupt Mordukh (Morduch) Khalmanovich
(b. April 6, 1912, Riga) — merchandise specialist.
Mordukh Klupt began working at the age of 14 and only in 1934 completed evening secondary school in Riga.
From 1926 to 1934, he worked as a messenger and clerk for the industrial–commercial firm Gerumark in Riga.
From 1934 to 1935, he served in the Latvian Army as a private in the 4th Valmiera Infantry Regiment.
From 1935 to 1940, he was a senior employee at Gerumark.
From 1940 to 1941, he worked as a group supervisor at Riga Factory No. 464.
Mordukh Klupt was evacuated to the Kazakh SSR, where until December 1941 he worked as a merchandise manager for the Semipalatinsk Regional Trade Office.
In 1942, he was drafted to the front and served until 1943 in the 122nd Rifle Regiment of the 201st Rifle Division.
He fought near Staraya Russa, was wounded, and sent to a military hospital in Yaroslavl.
From 1943 to 1944, he worked as an accountant for the Health Department in Kara-Kale, Kazakh ASSR.
From 1944 onward, he worked as a planner for special trade enterprises in Yegoryevsk (Moscow Region), Rēzekne, and Daugavpils.
From 1944 to 1947 — procurement manager at Canteen No. 19 of the Riga Trust of Canteens, Restaurants, and Cafés.
From 1947 to 1949 — foreman in a workshop for polishing medical instruments at the Bytovik artel.
From 1949 to 1956 — salesman and merchandise specialist in Riga stores.
From 1956 to 1959 — foreman of the haberdashery department at the Riga Haberdashery Combine.
From 1960, due to health reasons, Kдгзе was forced to retire.
In 1942, Mordukh Klupt was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
In 1946, he received the medals “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” and “For Valiant Labor.”
In marriage with Zina (née Intreligator) Klupt (b. 1916, Valga, Estonia), he had two daughters: Rashel Gurevich (née Klupt) (b. 1946, Riga) and Aviva Mermelshtein (née Klupt) (b. 1949, Riga).
His father, Zalman Klupt (1868, Nevel, Belarus – 1930, Riga), was buried in Riga.
His mother, Ita Klupt (née Khanina) (1876, Nevel, Belarus – 1941, Riga), was executed in the Riga Ghetto.
His brother David Klupt (1903, Nevel – 1942, Staraya Russa) was killed in action.
His brother Khaim Klupt (1905, Nevel – 1941, Riga) also perished in the Holocaust.
His brother Yoel Klupt (b. 1906, Nevel, Belarus) left for Poland in the 1930s and later immigrated to what is now Israel, where he worked in the Jewish religious community in Haifa.
Family:
Zalman Klupt (1868, Nevel, Belarus – 1930, Riga) — father
Ita Klupt (née Khanina) (1876, Nevel, Belarus – 1941, Riga) — mother
David Klupt (1903, Nevel, Belarus – 1942, Staraya Russa) — brother
Khaim Klupt (1905, Nevel, Belarus – 1941, Riga) — brother
Yoel Klupt (b. 1906, Nevel, Belarus) — brother
Masha Klupt (b. 1908, Nevel, Belarus) — sister
Beines Klupt (b. 1910, Nevel, Belarus) — brother
Zina Klupt (née Intreligator) (b. 1916, Valga, Estonia) — wife
Rashel Gurevich (née Klupt) (b. 1946, Riga) — daughter
Aviva Mermelshtein (née Klupt) (b. 1949, Riga) — daughter