Mintz Mikhail (Michail) Edgar (1902–1963)

Mikhail Mintz was born on 2 September 1902 in Riga, into the family of lawyer Paul Mintz (see). Mother – Harriet (née Feitelberg). Brother Moritz Mintz (see) – barrister. From 1913, he studied at the Riga City Gymnasium. In 1915, his family evacuated to Moscow, where he continued his studies at the Petro-Pavlovsk Gymnasium.

In 1921, he graduated from Heidelberg Gymnasium in Germany, and in 1926, he graduated from the Law Department of Heidelberg University. He also studied at Berlin University. After that, he studied British law for six months at a barrister training course in London. From 1925 to 1927, he studied law at LU. From February to November 1927, he was a candidate for a junior judicial position in the Judicial Chamber. From 23 November 1927, he was an assistant to barrister P. Minca in Riga. In 1928-29, he did his compulsory military service as a soldier. From 29 January 1936, he was a sworn lawyer in Riga. He was a member of the Society for the Promotion of the University of Jerusalem in Latvia and a candidate for membership of the board. He was active in the Jewish educational society, a member of the society's financial commission, and a member of the Riga tennis club ‘Ritek’.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941, Mikhail Mintz was enrolled in the Bar Association and worked as a lawyer in Karsava. On 14 June 1941, as a member of Paul Mintz family, he was deported to the Krasnoyarsk Territory. From July 1941, he worked in agriculture at the 3rd Stalin Collective Farm, and from July 1942, he was a legal advisor at the Kansk Forestry Plant, and later also at the Hydrolysis Plant and other industrial enterprises. He also worked as a campaigner. In 1958, he returned to Riga and worked as a legal advisor to the Riga District Consumer Society. He died on 17 August 1963 in Riga and was buried in the New Jewish Cemetery.

Works:

Sodu likuma 565. pants. Mantas nobēdzināšana. – Rīga, 1935.

Izlīgums pēc likuma par peļņas uzņēmuma administrāciju. – Rīga, 1935.