Munits (Munitz) Tovey Israilovich (19 April 1916, Rēzekne) — worker.

Tovey Munits was born into the family of Israel Iosifovich Munits (1890, Rēzekne — 1971, Riga) and Gita Borokhovna Munits (1888, Rēzekne — 1920, Rēzekne). He completed eight grades of secondary school and in 1935 graduated from the Riga Jewish Vocational School. He worked as a locksmith at the “Latvello” bicycle factory (1935–1937) and served in the army of the Republic of Latvia (1937–1939). He then worked as a locksmith at the “Hasel” factory (1939–1941).

In 1941 he was evacuated to Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Kazakh SSR, where he worked at the local hydroelectric power station (1941–1942). He served in the Soviet Army (1942–1943), was wounded and demobilized, and then worked as a watchman at a collective farm (1944–1945, Ust-Kamenogorsk Region). After returning to Riga, he worked as a warehouse manager at Selkhozsnab (1945–1946), as a locksmith at the RER plant (1946–1947), as a turner at the “Sadarbs” factory (1947–1968), as a tinsmith at a restoration workshop under the Ministry of Culture of the Latvian SSR (1968–1969), and as a locksmith at the VEF factory (1969–1972).

In marriage with Reveka Khaimovna Munits (née Dimant) (1916, Daugavpils), two children were born: a son, Khaim Tovievich Munits (1945, Riga), and a daughter, Gita Tovievna Munits (1951, Riga).

In 1972 Tovey Munits received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife’s brother, Shlomo Khaimovich Dimant (1908, Vishki), had been living since 1935.

Family:

Israel Iosifovich Munits (1890–1971) — father
Gita Borokhovna Munits (1888–1920) — mother
Rakhil Israelevna Munits (1921, Rēzekne) — sister
Meri Israelevna Munits (1932, Riga) — sister
Reveka Khaimovna Munits (née Dimant) (1916) — wife
Khaim Tovievich Munits (1945) — son
Gita Tovievna Munits (1951) — daughter
Shlomo Khaimovich Dimant (1908) — wife’s brother, lived in Israel since 1935