Abramowitz, David

Son of Shmuel and Henia. He was born on December 19, 1946 in Munich, Germany, to parents who survived the death camps, who went to the DP camps and decided to immigrate to Israel. Two years after the birth of their son David they immigrated with the great waves of immigration from Europe and reached the shores of the country. David attended the Yizre’el Elementary School in Afula and was a model student. Everyone liked and admired him, including his teachers and teachers. After graduating from elementary school, he studied at the Afula High School in the biological track. Here, too, his talents in the natural sciences were discovered and he graduated with honors. David was also interested in sports and was involved in the construction of model airplanes as part of the Gadna Air Force, and was an active member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement, and during his free time he was active in soccer and basketball. After graduating from high school, he received a scholarship from the Ministry of Defense for his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Faculty of Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Microbiology) and was thirsty even after graduating from university. In November 1967. During his service he did much for the living Social and cultural activities among its members, and this activity took place in the club, between shelling and shelling. As in his youth, he continued to take an interest in art and buy opinions from science journals, which he received every month. He was not a “bookworm” and his thirst for knowledge and science did not stop his love of life. He loved jazz music and Negro religious songs and occasionally tried his hand in writing serious songs (about love, scenery and death) – and hilarious songs for parties. His girlfriend, who was about to enter the chuppah with her near the day, fell down, helped to score the songs he wrote and thus created a complete book of poems. After completing his studies at the university (November 1967), he was awarded the B.A. degree in science, and in the course of the Six Day War he participated in the battles for Jerusalem and Abu Tor, He was offered a job as a combat soldier, but he refused and asked to volunteer for a combat unit. He was a tour and observation officer. As the date of his discharge from the army approached, he began to plan his studies, hoping that in the year of his career he would be transferred to the position in central Israel. At home he did not tell about the army, and only made sure to reassure his family that nothing would happen to him and that “everything is okay and there are no problems.” He also used his visits to help his sister, Sarah, in her biology studies. At the end of June 1969, his battalion was called from his seaside resort to reinforce the artillery on the Suez Canal front. On the 17th of Tammuz 5770 (4.7.1969), on his way back after the mission was completed, Lieutenant David fell in the line of duty and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Afula. In the eyes of these students, the teacher seeks understanding and agreement, from which he draws encouragement and joy, in which he hangs his hopes. The 15-year-old boy was bright-eyed and open-minded and intelligent. ” The commander of his regiment wrote: “David was more than an officer for us, he had a special charm, a charm of seriousness, he was an adult and everything went very carefully and he played a senior role in the unit and did it with absolute success.Adam – and above all I saw him as the devoted and caring son for the peace of the house. From time to time, he would ask for a short vacation to see how our mother and father were. – We were a solid group with high morale and ever since then, we have been enveloped in emptiness – David was perfect. “In the book” Nizkor, “edited by Yehuda Ha-Ezrahi and published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem It includes the story of his life and death.