Tibor Weitzen
- Birth Date:
- 00.00.1947
- Death date:
- 14.12.2025
- Categories:
- Victim of crime, Victim of terrorist attack, victim of ISIS
- Nationality:
- australian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; migrated from Israel in 1988; died shielding loved ones; known as the congregation's "candyman" for bringing joy.
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@RabbiPoupko · 16 Dec HE DIED WHILE SHEILDING HIS WIFE FROM BULLETS 78-year-old grandfather, Tibor Weitzen, was murdered in the Sydney terror attack that took the lives of 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach. When the bullets began flying Weitzen rushed to shelter his wife Eva with his own body, saving her life. His grandson, Mendy Amzalak, who rushed to the scene as a first responder, came across his grandfather's body. Amzalak described him as a "man full of life, joy, smiles, and laughter who only saw the best in people".No places
| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Edith Brutman | Friend |
14.12.2025 | Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting during a Hanukkah event. Two gunmen killed 16 people and injured 29 in an attack targeting Australia's Jewish community
New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park says 16 people, including a child, were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach
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