Rips Boris Davydovich (10 July 1925, Riga) — engineer.
In 1938 Boris Rips graduated from the Riga 10th Jewish Elementary School and entered the “Ivrit” Gymnasium. In 1941 he completed the 9th grade of Riga Secondary School No. 19.
In 1941 Rips was imprisoned in the Riga Ghetto and later transferred to the Kaiserwald concentration camp. In September 1944 he was deported to the Stutthof camp and from there to the Łowicz camp. After liberation in December 1944, he was enlisted as a private in the Soviet Army and participated in combat as part of the 237th Rifle Regiment of the 76th Guards Division.
After demobilization in 1948, he returned to Riga. From 1948 to 1959 he worked as a cotton worker and head of the repair and mechanical department (RMO) at the “Kosmos” hosiery factory in Riga. In 1959–1960 he was chief mechanic at the “Māra” knitting factory. In 1959 he graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute, receiving the qualification of mechanical engineer.
From 1960 to 1980 he worked at the “Sarkana Zvaigzne” motor factory as workshop head, design engineer, and head of the design bureau (OGK).
He was awarded the medals “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “30 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War,” and “60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR.”
He married Sabina Rips (née Bernstein) (b. 1927, Riga). Their children were Ilya Borisovich Rips (b. 1953, Riga) and Olga Borisovna Bakhmutskaya (née Rips) (b. 1957, Riga).
During the Holocaust, his parents — David Rips (1888, Riga — 1944, Riga) and Olga Rips (née Palina) (1893, Riga — 1941, Riga) — and his brother Gershon Rips (1929, Riga — 1941, Riga) were murdered.
In 1980 Boris Ripsreceived permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his brother Isaak Rips (b. 1921, Irkutsk), who had left the USSR in 1970.
Family:
Sabina Rips (née Bernstein) (1927, Riga) — wife
Ilya Borisovich Rips (1953, Riga) — son
Olga Borisovna Bakhmutskaya (née Rips) (1957, Riga) — daughter
David Rips (1888, Riga — 1944, Riga) — father
Olga Rips (née Palina) (1893, Riga — 1941, Riga) — mother
Isaak Rips (1921, Irkutsk) — brother
Gershon Rips (1929, Riga — 1941, Riga) — brother