Vizer, Mordechai (Motta)

Son of Yenta and Jacob, was born on 30.1.1927 in the city of Tomaszow-Lubelski, Poland, and attended an elementary school. With the outbreak of the Second World War he was exiled to Siberia, and when he returned in 1946, he discovered the Holocaust of the nation and then decided to join the Hanoar Hazioni Movement and immigrate to Israel. It was hard for him to say goodbye to his parents, but he could not wait for them to arrive. He boarded the ship “Shabtai Lozinski” and arrived in 1947 at Nitzanim beach. Was a member of this group where he found his home. With astonishing speed, he acquired the Hebrew language, read a lot of literature and insisted on the value of working settlement. He worked as a locksmith and was loved by all his friends. After the progress of the Egyptian column near Ashdod was halted, Kibbutz Nitzanim remained behind. The Egyptians understood that this point could serve as a basis for the activity of our forces in the rear and therefore concentrated considerable force in order to conquer it. The Egyptian attack was launched on June 7, 1948. In the early hours of the night, the agriculture was severely shelled, and in the morning the infantry assault began, but this was stopped by the defenders. The Egyptians increased the shelling and even activated planes that bombed the agriculture and caused heavy damage. Under this cover, Egyptian infantry and armored forces advanced and managed to penetrate the agriculture and take control of it. In this battle Mordecai fell in defense of Nitzanim, the group he loved, on the 29th of Iyar 5708 (7.6.1948) and there he was brought to rest. A page in his memory – in the book “Nitzanim under siege and in battle”.