Kurtz, Mordechai (Max)

Son of Leah and Yeshayahu, was born on April 1, 1942 in Radautz, Bukovina, Romania. At home, he was educated on tradition and received general education at school. As a child he was orphaned from his father and from a young age he learned to be independent and capable of making decisions. In 1940, when Zionist activity was banned in Romania, Mordecai was among the deportees to Transnistria where he laid the foundation for the “National Youth Organization.” He also wrote and directed plays. After the war, Mordechai returned to his town and devoted all his time to Betar. He organized and conducted several seminars, and as commander of the Radautz, he instructed and educated many young people. When he was later appointed as the Galilean officer of Bukovina, he founded and organized in this Galilee and in northern Moldova Kenim for his movement and managed the training group in Pokshany. When Irgun emissaries arrived in Romania, he was able to provide them with organized and well-organized youth, but he was arrested by the British and sent to a detention camp in Cyprus, where he was released on the day of the establishment of the State of Israel. 1948) arrived in Tel Aviv and on his way to the ranks of the Irgun was injured in the Egyptian bombardment of the central bus station, he was taken to Hadassah Hospital where he died of his wounds. Lay a wife, mother and brother. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.