Ashkenazi, Giora

Son of Noah and Daughter of Ami, one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir David (Tel Amal). He was born on October 25, 1936. On his mother’s side, he was the fourth generation in the country and he was the eldest son of the kibbutz and completed his studies at the Nir David school in the Gilboa educational institution (the regional high school). He was a young man who lived on the banks of the river and excelled in swimming and breathed youthful sports in the fields of economics, politics and literature. Da’at was therefore a founder of a library in his home, with great effort but with great pleasure, a loving husband and an exemplary father, and his children were raised in spirit. He liked to pretend, his manner with people was pleasant, and his speech was seasoned with fine, gentle humor, and in November 1955 he was drafted into the IDF and volunteered for the paratroopers. Participated in the reprisals in Husan, Gherandal, Brahwa, and Qalqiliya. Even in the Sinai Campaign, his place was not absent from the line of paratroopers. During his long service (both in regular service and reserve duty) he attained the rank of captain and served as a company commander. Always managed to create a feeling of partnership between him and his soldiers and thus affected everyone as one. He did not show much enthusiasm for the war, but he did not take it lightly. Everything must be given, he thought, and this is what led his men to do and follow him. After completing his studies at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, in whose studies he excelled, it was recommended that he go abroad for further study. But then returned to the kibbutz and his friends streamed to him to hear advice from him and encouragement in a crisis, because a good friend was, devoted and ready to benefit his companions. On the eve of the Six-Day War, he was called back to the flag. During this war he participated in the battles for the liberation of Jerusalem and became the company commander who stormed the hill of Augusta Victoria. On the third day of the battles, he was 28 Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), running at the head of his men and calling “after”! An enemy bullet hit him and fell. He left a wife and two children. He was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and was later transferred to eternal rest in the cemetery at Nir David. His rank was raised to a major. In “Thirty” to his death, his kibbutz took out pages in his memory. Also included among the 53 “of them” in memory of the fallen of Kibbutz Artzi in the Six Day War. Also in the book “Marion Gabro” of the Paratroopers Headquarters was devoted a page to his history and description of the last battle. On the first anniversary of his death, his kibbutz issued a booklet in his name and in his memory. His name is mentioned in “Jerusalem Forever” by Eli Landau, in “The War on Jerusalem,” by Moshe Nathan, and more. Part of his estate was brought in “Gogli Esh”, Volume IV is the school bag of the fallen sons of Israel. The story of his life and death was presented in the book “Nizkor” published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Student Union, and edited by Yehuda the Civil.