Background
Panz was born in Vitebsk, then in the Russian Republic, shortly before the October Revolution.
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Natan Panz
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Panz studied in Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and Nordia Gymnasium and later in the American University of Beirut, and worked as a clerk in the Tel Aviv municipality.
Career
He was also an Irgun member, and was killed during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine in battle with the British Army. In 1921 the family left Soviet Russia to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. Panz started played football in Maccabi Tel Aviv"s youth team, and appeared for the senior team at an early age.
Panz"s performance during Maccabi"s tour of North America, has landed him an offer to join a New York club, to which Panz refused.
In 1939, Panz transferred to Beitar Tel Aviv, and led the club to promotion to the top division. Panz also took part in Beitar"s victory over Hajduk Split in 1944.
In 1947, after Beitar Tel Aviv was forced to disband by the Mandatory Government and was reformed as Nordia Tel Aviv, Panz refused to appear in the newly reformed team and transferred back to Maccabi Tel Aviv. As the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine broke out, Panz aided both the Haganah and the Irgun in their defensive activities on the Jaffa frontline, before joining the Irgun, where he was appointed a ranking officer
On 25 April 1948 the Irgun launched an offensive on Jaffa, which was countered by British forces.
Panz was commanding an armored vehicle in Menashiya when his vehicle was hit by two British missiles, from which he died. league championship (3):.
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Jewish