Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 ki te pāmu o Mihkli-Aadu. I te 14 o Pipiri 1941 i whakahekea a Kurvits me tana wahine a Anna hei wāhanga o
Ko te rerenga nui tuatahi a te Soviet mai i nga 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.