Katzir (Kurtzman), Moshe

Was born in Tel Aviv on February 7, 1938. Moshe studied for seven years in the elementary school in Moshav Beit Yosef and in eighth grade he attended elementary school in Bnei Brak and graduated He completed his high school studies at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, where he joined the Gadna battalion and was also a Gadna instructor at the school. October 1955, and after basic training was stationed in the Signal Corps. In the Corps, he underwent many professional courses: a wireless course, a course in wireless communications, advanced training for wireless operators, and a course on communications. After completing the course, Moshe was stationed as a liaison officer in a Nahal patrol unit, based in Ein-Radian (later Yotvata), with Moshe participating in the Sinai Campaign. In the discharge certificate he was described as very good, and his commanders’ assessment was that he was “proactive and energetic, interested in promoting and improving the work, able to organize and ensure the implementation of plans, with good perception.” At the end of December 1959, Moshe served as a married wife, and the couple had two daughters and a son, and as a reservist Moshe took part in the battles of the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur, The course Advanced contact officers and company commanders’ course shortened. Although during one of his reserve duty periods he was injured in a parachuting accident, he decided to volunteer for a career army service, and in early January 1977 he returned to the army. His career as an officer in the communications and electronics corps was paved before him, and he advanced in the ranks and positions. Moshe successfully passed additional vocational courses and served, among other things, as the commander of the brigade’s communications division, as the commander of the contact battalion, the head of the communications branch and the head of the training unit in the training base. , And in the periodical opinions they wrote: “He performs his role well, is very devoted, he invests energy and effort.” “He is very energetic and invests a great deal in his work.” On 20 Tammuz 5743 19.6.1983), Lieutenant Colonel Moshe fell during his service and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife, two daughters, a son, a mother and two sisters. In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Moshe began his career with a new system of radar for detection and error. With the zeal and enthusiasm typical of Moshik, he introduced this system to the IDF and proved its ability and effectiveness … As I remember, all of us at the base, a warm man with extraordinary sensitivity to his subordinates, did not spare himself by handling soldiers from long conversations and interviews. The parents … More than once, Moshik has made peace between the soldier and his parents … There is nothing like the phrase “his hand in everything and his work embraces the world,” which can mark Moshik … Every task he was assigned was carried out with precision, devotion and enthusiasm. To make sure … Moshik was very enthusiastic about the subjects he was responsible for and his stamp remained embedded in all the units in which he served “