Mintz (née Kur) Elvira Semenovna (31 May 1952, Riga) — accountant.

Elvira Mintz was born into a working-class family. She was the daughter of Semen Kur (Semyon Elyasovich Kur) (1927, Riga) and Bunya Kur (née Shugol) (1930, Rēzekne). In 1969, she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 43. From 1969 to 1970, sheworked as an operator at a railway office. Between 1970 and 1972, she studied at and graduated from the Technical School of Soviet Trade. From 1972 to 1973, she was a homemaker. From 1973 to 1975, she worked as a receiving clerk at the production association “Siluet.”

In marriage with Movsha Mintz (Movsha Yazepovich Mintz) (1946, Riga), she had a son, Eitan Mintz (1972, Riga).

In 1975, Elvira Mintz received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1971 her husband’s brother, Lev Mintz (Lev Iosifovich Mintz) (1941, Riga), had been living.

Semen Kur (Semyon Elyasovich Kur) (1927) — father
Bunya Kur (née Shugol) (1930) — mother
Leonid Kur (Leonid Semenovich Kur) (1959, Riga) — brother
Movsha Mintz (Movsha Yazepovich Mintz) (1946) — husband
Eitan Mintz (Eitan Movshevich Mintz) (1972) — son
Lev Mintz (Lev Iosifovich Mintz) (1941) — husband’s brother