Nurok (Nurock) (née Garfinkel) Fana Iosifovna ( 1905, Jēkabpils) — teacher, librarian.

Fana Nurok was the daughter of Iosif Garfinkel (1874, Jēkabpils – 1931) and Sonya Garfinkel (1878, Jēkabpils – 1947). In 1939, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the University of Latvia. At the same time, from 1937 to 1940, she worked at the Riga Jewish Gymnasium on Gertrūdes Street. From 1940 to 1941, she was a teacher at the School for Working Youth in Rēzekne.

In 1941, Fana Nurok was evacuated to Sverdlovsk Oblast, where until 1945 she worked as a teacher in the village of Nizhneye, Bilimbayevsky District. In 1945, she returned to Riga. Until 1946, she taught at the Riga Maritime Fisheries Technical School. From 1957 to 1970, she worked as a librarian at the Riga Technical School of the Food Industry.

In her marriage to Iosif Nurok (1906, Riga – 1963), two children were born: Rakhil Elyashevich (née Nurok) (1946, Riga) and Isaak Nurok (1950, Riga). Nurok’s sister and brother, Elena Khaitina (née Nurok) (1902, Jēkabpils – 1965, Riga) and Isaak Garfinkel (1899, Jēkabpils – 1952), lived in Latvia in the post-war years.

In 1972, Fana Nurok received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her brother, Moshe Garfinkel (1913, Jēkabpils).

Family:

Iosif Nurok (1906, Riga – 1963) — husband
Rakhil Elyashevich (née Nurok) (1946, Riga) — daughter
Isaak Nurok (1950, Riga) — son
Iosif Garfinkel (1874, Jēkabpils – 1931) — father
Sonya Garfinkel (1878, Jēkabpils – 1947) — mother
Elena Khaitina (née Nurok) (1902, Jēkabpils – 1965, Riga) — sister
Isaak Garfinkel (1899, Jēkabpils – 1952) — brother
Moshe Garfinkel (1913, Jēkabpils) — brother