Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te tīmatanga o te Soviet Occupation i te tau 1940, ka ngaro te whānau o Kurvits i to rātau whare i Tallinn, a, ka hoki mai ki te pāmu o Mihkli-Aadu. I te 14 o Pipiri 1941 i peia a Kurvits me tana wahine a Anna hei waahanga o te peera tuatahi o te Soviet
mai i ngā whenua o Baltic. I nekehia a Kurvits ki te puni herehere o Kirov i Sosva, Sverdlovsk oblast. I te 27 o Tihema 1943 i mate ia i te whare herehere o Soviet.