Rauchvarger School Classmates, 1937

Photo courtesy of George Mason
 Photo courtesy of George Mason

What Happened to Rolf Mozeson's Classmates?

How did life change for young Jews in Riga, Latvia as a result of the war? Here is a photo of Rauchvarger School classmates in 1937 and the fate of each one. This photo, graphic and information are courtesy of George Mason, who is the nephew of Rolf Mozeson, #17 in the photo. Chaia Volpert, kindly gave Mason the photo and information. She is #19 in the photo.

  1. Rosa Blankenfeld – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  2. Tziva Katchtova – Fled Riga as the Nazis approached, returned to Riga after the war.
  3. Tzila Shpringenfeld – Fled Riga as the Nazis approached, returned to Riga after the war.
  4. Reiza Steklova – Died in 1939 from scarlet fever.
  5. Sonya Rabuchina – Fled Riga as the Nazis approached, remained in Russia.
  6. Unidentified
  7. Fillip Glik – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  8. Shimon Kuhlman – His mother was Latvian but his father was Jewish. He and his father and brother were forced into the Ghetto, where they died.
  9. Liba Kocinya – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  10. Riva Munitz – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  11. Polya Shpringenfeld – Fled Riga as the Nazis approached, remained in Russia.
  12. Heinrich Jozefart – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  13. Michael Sominsky – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  14. Isaac Cal – Fled Riga, went to Russia, later shot trying to cross the Russian border in his attempt to get to Israel.
  15. Samuel Model – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  16. Jakob Ratut – Died in Riga Ghetto.
  17. Rolf Mozeson – Arrested by the Gestapo for being a member of the Riga Ghetto Resistance movement. Died in Riga Prison 1943/44?
  18. Paul Kramer – Arrested with his family, by the Soviets, on June 14, 1940 and sent to Siberia (because his mother was German). Now living in Hamburg, Germany.
  19. Chaia Volpert – Fled from Riga with her family as the Nazis advanced on Riga in 1941. Served as a communications officer in a Soviet Artillery Battery during World War 2. Was a lawyer in Riga after the war. Now lives in Israel.
  20. Paul Bourchson – Died in Riga Ghetto.

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