Rapoport Adolf (1905 – after 1945)

Adolf Rapoport was born on 28 August 1905 in Daugavpils into a merchant’s family. Father — Zalman; mother — Ida (née Albina). His brother, Boris Rapoport, was a lawyer. From 1914 he studied at the Daugavpils Municipal Technical School; in 1915 the family evacuated to Vitebsk, where he attended the Aleksandrovskaya Gymnasium. In 1918 he returned to Latvia.

At the end of 1918 he moved to Riga; in 1922 he returned to Daugavpils. In 1921 he graduated from J. Landau Gymnasium in Riga. In 1921 he began studying engineering sciences at the University of Latvia; in 1922 switched to mechanics; in 1928 began studying law (graduated in 1933). In 1931–1932 he was a candidate for a junior judicial position at the Judicial Chamber. Worked in the office of sworn advocate G. Berg. From 20 September 1933 he was an assistant sworn advocate to G. Berg in Daugavpils. From 27 September 1939 he was a sworn advocate in Daugavpils.

After the Second World War he left for the West. Died in Canada.

Philister of the Jewish student corporation “Hasmonea”.