Herling, Mordechai

Birth Name Herling, Mordechai
Birth Name הרלינג, מרדכי

    Mordechai מרדכי is considered identical to the name Marduka or Marduku, referring to the god Marduk; meaning Servant/Follower/Devotee] of Marduk in Aramaic, attested in the Persepolis Texts.
    Variants:
    Mordecai
    Mordekhay
    Mordechaj
    Nicknames:
    Morkha
    Mordche
    Motel
    Mottel
    Motke
    Motenka
    A Mordechai refers to a 9-litre bottle of wine.

Call Name מרדכי
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1921 Iaşi Jassy, judeţului Iaşi, Moldova, România  

 
Boat February 19, 1941 דאריאן Sofia S Pole Star Darien Darien דאריאן sailed from Constanţa

Event Note

On February 19, 1941, Yohanan Goldman sailed with the second group, on Darien דאריאן, from Constanţa.

Event Note

On February 19, 1941, Mordechai Herling sailed with the second group, on Darien דאריאן, from Constanţa.

 
Camp March 19. 1941 מחנה המעצר בעתלית Atlit Detention Camp ,עתלית Atlit, חוף הכרמל, חיפה, ישראל Darien דאריאן arrived at Haifa, and the British interned the Maapilim at Atlit Dentention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית

Place Note

On March 19. 1941, Darien דאריאן arrived at Haifa.
She was intercepted by the British, and her 878 passengers were to be deported to Mauritius.
Our Jerusalem.com cites: "Darien reached Haifa with 792 people on and was caught and confiscated by the British Mandate government. The Refugees were in Atlit detention camps for 15 to 18 months."
No ship was available to transport them, so they were interned at Atlit Dentention Camp.

Event Note

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Anutza and Nehemia Klein went to kibbutz Usha קיבוץ אושה, and later moved to Nahariyah נהריה

Event Note

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Yohanan Goldman volunteered for the British Army, and served in the Jewish Brigade.

Event Note

Mordechai Herling wrote a dairy in Hebrew, from the day he left Home in December, 1940.
In September, 1942, he was released from Atlit Detentee Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית.
His dairy, Dairy of a Maapil, was published, with the help of Atlit Detainee Camp Museum מוזיאון ההעפלה במחנה המעצר בעתלית.

Event Note

In December, 1948, lawyer Lawrence Weston appealed to the High Court for release of the prisoners held at Kessilotimbou (Xylotimbou) Detention Camp, on behalf of Mordechai Herling, who represented the 5,163 Maapilim.

Event Note

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Haim Shpar joined a group that was formed to worked in kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov קיבוץ אשדות יעקב and kibbutz Geva קיבוץ גבע.

 
Membership 1942 קיבוץ ניר עם kibbutz Nir Am, שער הנגב, הדרום, ישראל  

Event Note

Mordechai Herling served as Youth Counselor at the Meir Shfeya מאיר שפיה Youth Village, then moved to Netanyah and worked as a bookkeeper and manager of Yachin-Hakal Ltd..

 
Marriage     Mordechai Herling married Rachel

 

Pedigree

    1. Herling, Mordechai