Kuper Izrail (Israel) Leibovich (born September 6, 1915, Riga) — watchman.

Izrail Kuper was the son of Ginda Kuper (Segal) (1881, Riga – 1943, Sosnovka settlement, Kirov region) and Leiba Kuper (1877, Shavli – 1960, Riga).

In 1928, he completed 5 grades of the Jewish primary school in Riga. From 1931 to 1941, he worked as an artisan glazier together with his father. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Profinsky district of the Yaroslavl region, where he worked in a local kolkhoz.

From 1942 to 1943 — private of the 121st Regiment of the 43rd Latvian Division, stationed in the Gorokhovets military camps in the Gorky region. From 1943 to 1945 — watchman at a sawmill in the settlement of Sosnovka, Vyatsko-Polyansky district, Kirov region.

In 1945, Kuper returned to Riga and until 1947 worked as a watchman at the Riga Central Department Store. From 1948 to 1950 — worker in Store No. 3 of Riga’s Food Trade Directorate (Pishchetorg). From 1950 to 1952 — watchman at the Riga Wagon Factory. From 1952 to 1953 — watchman at the Kirov branch of the State Bank of the Latvian SSR.

From 1953 to 1955 — worker at the Sadarbība Artel. From 1955 to 1957 — watchman in the 57th Housing Administration of the Kirov District of Riga. From 1960 to 1966 — worker in the Pishchetorg store of Riga’s Proletarian District.

Since 1966 — washer at the cemetery of the Jewish Religious Community of Riga.

Married to Tsilya Kuper (Hellerman) (b. 1924, Riga). Their children: Abram Kuper (b. 1953, Riga), Peisakh Kuper (b. 1958, Riga), Lyubov Kuper (b. 1961, Riga).

In 1971, Izrail Kuper received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his cousin Lekhter Khaim, owner of a textile factory in Tel Aviv, who had emigrated to Palestine in the 1930s seeking employment.

Family:

Tsilya Kuper (Hellerman) Tsilya (b. 1924, Riga) — wife
Abram Kuper(b. 1953, Riga) — son
Peisakh Kuper (b. 1958, Riga) — son
Lyubov Kuper (b. 1961, Riga) — daughter
Ginda Kuper (Segal) (1881, Riga – 1943, Sosnovka, Kirov region) — mother
Leiba Kuper(1877, Shavli – 1960, Riga) — father
Malka Ptushkin (Kuper) (1906, Riga) — sister
Iser Kuper (1907, Riga – 1947, Riga) — brother
Mira Vofsi (Kuper, Mandelkorn) (1909, Riga) — sister
Eta Kuperman (Kuper) (1918, Riga) — sister
Peisakh Kuper (1920, Riga – 1942) — brother
Khaim Lekhter (b. 1915) — cousin