Altshuler, Batsheva (Dina)

Daughter of Mosia and Yehuda, a descendant of a family of rabbis in Lithuania. She was born on the 18th of Tishrei, September 2, 1928 in Tel Aviv. After graduating with honors from the “Haskalah” Gymnasium, she began to study law, loved literature and wrote many songs. Some of her writings were printed in the press at the age of 17, such as “Tzfeya” – in “Davar”, “Two Treks” – in Haaretz and more. She studied first aid and was an active member of the Lehi underground who fought against the British, and during the War of Independence she enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, trained in Caesarea and was successfully transferred to an armored battalion, Danny, “and gave her first aid to the wounded in the storm of the battle, while writing a poem in memory of a platoon commander who was hurt and was unable to save his life.with her unit she participated in the Jewish conquest of Lod and Beit-Nabala and refused to leave her place when the time came to replace her On July 10, 1948, when she was near a convoy of armored vehicles that penetrated into the city A shell fell into the half-track in which she was driving, and two shrapnel hit her head and put an end to her life.Batsheva was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kfar Sava, and after her death several of her poems were printed in military and civilian newspapers, Aviv, 5709), her songs were published in a small book called “Green Day.” One of her songs from the series “Latrun” notes her sensitive writing: “… and black-guns are open, a smuggler / cloud in the game is chuckling, / blazing with evil, malicious malice.” But faith in everything you splash, We will play until the resident of the homeland, / she will play and live for the listeners. ” The last four lines were engraved on the gravestone of her grave