Kuperman, Haim-Zvi

The only son of Leah and Shaul was born in January 1924 in Vienna, the capital of Austria. His father was a Gur Hasid. Haim-Zvi graduated from the Technion in Zurich as an architect. He immigrated to Israel on Sukkot 5707 and worked for an engineer in Haifa, and worked on a program for many buildings, including the amphitheater “Bama.” He also joined the Poalei Agudat Israel outside of Israel, In Haifa. He was a lively and lively man, yet serious and humble. He soon became a prominent figure among the youth of Agudath Israel and was the driving force behind the parties and the plays. In his party he held various positions and gained great sympathy in all the circles that came into contact with them. He hated war and wanted to build the land in peace. When he was drafted, he enlisted in the Engineering Corps and did not want to take advantage of his right to be released as an only son. He completed a sapper course and took part in various operations, such as a sabotage and a mine-breaker. He was always on the line of fire. Of the planners and executors of paving the Burma Road. One of the first to enter Lod. He was then sent to the Negev. In the army he remained loyal to his religion, kept the Sabbath and abstained from eating when he did not get kosher food. Before going to work, he used to put tefillin in his knapsacks and say “confession.” He would ask his friends to treat his burial properly. He recently demanded a transfer to a religious company. Haim-Zvi fell in the “Yoav” operation to break into the Negev during the conquest of Be’er Sheva on October 23, 1948. Apparently, the half-track in which he went fell into a pit and turned over. Buried within limits. On the 16th of Av 5709 (August 11, 1949) he was put to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa.