Motl Blank was born in Berezdov, Ukraine (USSR), 1923 to Grigoriy and Zinayida. Prior to WWII he lived in Berezdov, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Motl was killed in military service in WWII.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.