Abrams Munics (1924 - 1943)

Born 10 Mar 1924 in Riga, Latvia

Ancestors

Died Mar 1943 at about age 18 in Soviet Union

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Biography

Childhood

Abram Munits (Latvian: Abrams Munics | Russian: Абрам Гершонович Муниц) was born in Riga, Latvia on March 10, 1924^[1] in a family of Ashkenazi Jews who migrated from northwestern areas of The Pale of Settlement at the turn of 20th century.

Abram was the third child of Gershon and Malka, who had five children, all boys:

• Joseph (1913-1945)
• Noson (1916-1964)
• Yakov (1921-1975)
• Abram (1924-1943) this profile
• Mulya (1926-1977)

World War II

soldier Abram Munics served for the in World War II
Service started: 28 Oct 1942
Unit(s):
Service ended: March 1943 - MIA

Abram was 17 years old when advancing German army trops occupied Riga on July 1, 1941. A few days before that Abram's mother together with him and his youngest brother Misha (Mikhail) managed to board the last train of evacuees heading East towards safety in central Asian republics of the Soviet Union.

Malka settled with her sons in Kazahstan capital city of Alma-Ata.

Abram got a job there in a factory that made industrial batteries. The factory was called "Almaty Battery Factory" (Russian: Алма Атинский Акумуляторный завод) and it was located at 57 Pastera street. His last address in Alma-Ata was was 83 Kardonnaya street (Russian: г. Алма-Ата, ул. Кардонная 83).

A year later on October 28, 1942 Abram was drafted into the Red Army in Alma-Ata and assigned to regiment #115.

Exactly seven weeks later on December 16, 1942 Abram send his last letter to his mother. He was never heard of again.

After the war Malka filed a missing soldier request. In section #10 "Additional Information" of the form, in someone else handwriting it says "Missing in action as of March '43".^[2]

Sources

^{[1] [2]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Abrams Munics birth record copy

   Abrams Munics certification of a birth record by The Rabbi of Riga.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} MIA inquiry request for Abram by his mother Malka Munits.

   Abram Munits - MIA inquriy.

• A official record of Abrams Munics being registered as a Latvian citizen in his mother's passport issued on 09Aug1929.