Abramsnsky, James (Yencl)

Son of Mirel and Tzvi-Yehuda was born on October 6, 1909 in Korlitz, a Minsk region, in the White Russia, to a wealthy and privileged family. Yaakov bought his early education in the “cheder” and from there moved to the yeshiva. As a child, he tried to write poems and stories. At the age of 16 he left the yeshiva to decide to become a Hebrew teacher. To this end he moved to Vilna and was accepted to the “Tarbut” teacher training seminary. He excelled at his studies, but a year before graduation he fell ill and had to return to his town. For a while he served in the Polish army and excelled in his service. He returned to Vilna in 1934 and joined the hachshara of “HaShachar” kibbutz, where he was a member of the secretariat. In 1938, Yaakov immigrated to Israel illegally and joined Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. There they met him as humble and honest. He worked at the train stations in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. After a while he left Ramat Rachel and moved to Kibbutz Yagur where he worked as a dairy farmer. With the outbreak of the War of Independence he enlisted, served in the Givati ​​Brigade and fought in the southern front. After Operation Yoav, an Egyptian brigade was called in the “Faluja pocket” and our forces carried out a series of operations aimed at eliminating the “pocket.” On the night of November 3, our forces attacked the Egyptian positions and his company attacked “Regiment 7” on the “Egyptian Burma Road”, south of the Iraqi-Suweidan police. The company attacked the outpost, encountered strong enemy fire and was forced to retreat. In this battle he fell, on the eve of the first day of Cheshvan 5709 (November 3, 1948.) He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in the village of Warburg.