Mintz Ruvin Movshovich (25 May 1913, Riga) — cotton knitter.

Ruvin Mintz was the son of Movsha Mintz (1888, Riga — …) and Roza Mintz (1890 — 1941 (?), Riga). In 1928 he graduated from the Riga Jewish elementary school. From 1928 to 1932 he was an apprentice at the Latvian Manufactory Warehouse. From 1932 to 1939 he worked as a cotton knitter at the Habek hosiery factory in Riga, on Briāna Street. In 1939–1940 he served in the Latvian Army. In 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army and fought as part of the 43rd Latvian Division. In 1942 he was severely wounded and thereafter continued non-combat service. He was a disabled veteran of the Second World War.

In 1945–1946 Ruvin Mintz served as head of supply at the Leningrad Experimental Optical-Mechanical Plant. In 1946–1947 he managed the warehouse of “Lenpromodezhda” in Leningrad. In 1947 he returned to Riga and until 1948 headed a section of the Riga Second City Industrial Trade Organization. From 1948 to 1951 he worked as a master cotton knitter at the Cosmos hosiery factory. In 1951–1952 he was manager of a kiosk at the Riga Training and Production Combine. From 1953 to 1956 he underwent prolonged medical treatment and was forced to interrupt his employment. From 1956 to 1971 he worked as a senior sales assistant in shops of the Riga City Industrial Trade Organization.

Ruvin Mintz was awarded the medals “For Military Merit,” “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” and “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR.”

He was married to Tauba Balkina-Pratsun (1912, Riga). His mother perished in the Holocaust. His brother Chaim Mintz (1909, Riga — …) went missing during the Great Patriotic War. His brothers Chaim Mintz (1909, Riga — …) and David Mintz (1910, Riga — …) were killed in battles near Staraya Russa. His brother Iosif Mintz (1911, Riga) lived and worked in Riga in the 1970s.

In 1971 Ruvin Mintz received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation of his wife’s sister, Frida Balkina-Rutstein (1914, Riga).

Family:

Tauba Balkina-Pratsun (1912, Riga) — wife
Movsha Mintz (1888, Riga — …) — father
Roza Mintz (1890 — 1941 (?), Riga) — mother
Israel Mintz (1907, Riga — …) — brother
Chaim Mintz (1909, Riga — …) — brother
David Mintz (1910, Riga — …) — brother
Iosif Mintz (1911, Riga) — brother
Frida Balkina-Rutstein (1914, Riga) — sister-in-law