Dr. Yagur-Grisgott, Moshe

Son of Yehuda (Julius) and Sima. He was born on September 21, 1946, in Szczecin, Poland. Immigrated to Israel with his family in 1957. Moshe attended elementary school in Poland and when he immigrated to Israel he continued his studies at the Arlozorov Elementary School in Kiryat Haim. Afterward, he studied at the Kiryat Haim high school and in 10th grade moved to the military school of the Reali School in Haifa. He was accepted to medical school in Milan, Italy, and in 1972 he continued his studies at the medical school in Haifa. In 1975 he was ordained as a medical doctor: “We all knew that Moshe was the best and the most talented among us. He excelled in his studies. Was a serious and profound student and succeeded in everything. Was unanimously elected to the class committee, and his views and decisions were accepted. He was very serious, but he often made us laugh and ended up with his rare, intelligent sense of humor. He was very modest and honest, brilliant and knowledgeable, understanding and helpful. “Moshe was very active in the Haifa Medical Students Association, and his classmates greatly appreciated his activities and was also elected to represent the Student Union at the Vogue Conference on Minorities, In 1974. As a child, Moshe was an active member of the Scouts youth movement abroad, and his great intelligence and education came to the discovery of an early childhood, each graduating with honors, and at the age of 8 he was very knowledgeable about geography. He had an 80-page poem, which at an early age attracted him to airplanes and aviation, and even showed great talent in writing, His passion for a glider competition won the first prize for his school, and he was loved and accepted by the children of the school and his neighbors, and was an avid sports enthusiast who worked in tennis, skiing, water skiing and swimming. Jazz music on the piano Moshe was drafted into the IDF in August 1964 and volunteered for the air force. He was sent to the flying school and successfully completed basic training and all the course stages. In July 1966, Moshe completed a course and was assigned as a navigator in a Nord transport squadron in which he served as an officer in regular service. In 1967 he took a course for pilot instructors. After his discharge from the regular service, he was assigned to active duty in the same squadron. Moshe took part in the Six-Day War and in the Yom Kippur War and was greatly appreciated by his commanders for the way he carried out the missions of the squadron. During his studies in Italy, there was a break in his summons to reserve duty, but when he returned to Haifa he was called again to help the squadron, and his friend at the time said: “It was good to be with him during his vacations and the joy we had when he returned to Israel. “Only I could share the anxiety, the expectation, the hope, and the feeling of distress that followed. On the 25th of Kislev 5736 (25.11.1975) Moshe fell while serving in the south of the country, in Jabal Hilal. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. Survived by a wife, parents, brother and sister. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the base wrote: “Captain Moshe z” l liked his profession as a mentor and saw it as a complement to his other profession – medicine. He was an officer who always aspired to professional perfection. His eagerness to be the best, which prevented him from flying for a long period of time while studying medicine, was what brought him back to service in the squadron and helped him return quickly to operational readiness. Moshe was an excellent crew member, and we screened him, saw him as one of us and loved him. “His family established an aviation medicine department in the library of the medical school in Haifa, bearing his name, and commemorating him in a memorial plaque in the”-Haim. Moshe was also immortalized on a wall panel at the Yad Labanim synagogue in Kiryat Hayim, as well as on a plaque for the fallen, graduates of the Reali School in Haifa.