Aaron, Josephus (Mattes)

Son of Chaya-Malka and Chaim-Baruch, was born on the 7 th of November 1923 in Klausenburg, Hungary. When he was six months old, he immigrated to Israel with his parents. The family lived briefly in Kfar Gideon and then moved to Petah Tikva. As a son of pious parents, raised and educated to Torah. When he was 13, he was circumcised by his mother. After completing his studies at the school, he went to work in engineering plants in Haifa Bay and acquired the profession of regrets. In the evening he continued his studies. In 1939 he joined the Haganah. During the Second World War he enlisted in the Jewish Brigade and while in Europe he was involved in transporting illegal immigrants to the coastal cities. Upon his discharge from the British army, he continued to work in the Haganah and participated in bold missions in the north, including the capture of Anglo-Arab documents. In the middle of May 1948, Yosef Matityahu joined the army. After only three days of training, he was sent as a lieutenant colonel to the 7th Brigade on the Latrun front, and he was one of those who were able to cheer up their comrades and march in the lead: On May 31, 1948, the brigade embarked on Operation son of- Joseph Matityahu was attacked by a force that attacked the monastery of Latrun, and the attack was unsuccessful and an order was given to withdraw. “In his final moments, his lips murmured,” There is nothing, it will be good. “He left a wife and a baby and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Petah Tikva, near his mother’s grave.