Glazer, Moshe (David)

Moshe, the son of Rivka and Shmuel-Yosef, was born on March 10, 1926, in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Moshe’s family perished in the Treblinka extermination camp, and only he survived death and was taken to forced labor. He was tortured with hard labor and moved to 13 labor and extermination camps, but he was privileged to see the day of liberation. At the end of the war he reached northern Italy. He joined the national religious group Torah Va’Avodah of HaPoel Hamizrachi and was one of its most active members. Together with his friends, he had hopes to come to Israel and work the land, to help the people and his homeland. He painted extensively and his works, which were displayed by artists, added a special color to the prayer room and the dining room. Moshe immigrated to Israel in the spring of 1947 on the illegal immigrant ship Mordei HaGetaot. The ship, which was purchased in Italy by the Mossad Le’Aliyah Bet of the Haganah, sailed from Metaponto port in Italy on May 13, 1947, carrying 1,457 immigrants from Eastern Europe, survivors of camps and members of youth movements. Not far from the coast of Tel Aviv was identified by the British, and because of its refusal to obey their instructions was attacked by destroyers who were also sprayed with water jets, threw tear gas canisters and landed soldiers in it. For three hours, a face-to-face battle took place. On May 24, 1947, the “ghetto rebels” were dragged to the port of Haifa, where the immigrants were transferred to a deportation ship and sent to detention camps in Cyprus. Moshe also continued his non-deportation in the movement’s work, joined the Haganah and underwent intensive training. In the middle of February 1948, he returned to the shores of the country on a shaky ship, and he was already a soldier in every respect. On the 26th of Av 5711 (August 26, 1951), Moshe fell in the line of duty. He was killed in a car accident near Caesarea on the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway. He was twenty-five years old when he fell. Moshe was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.