[3] Following the February Revolution, he was released from exile and began organizing for the Communist Party among the German-speaking residents of Kazan.
He later moved to Moscow and led the Austrian-Hungarian Council for Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies.
[2] In 1922, he was tapped to become the Chairman of the Councils of People's Commissars, which was the Prime Minister of the Republic.
[4] In 1931, Kurz was appointed as the head of Intourist, which organized tourism for foreign visitors.
[3] In 1937, Kurz, along with other leaders of the Volga German ASSR were arrested and charged with membership in a counterrevolutionary nationalist organization.