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Aval, Ludwick

Aval, Ludwick


Son of Roza and Hermann. Born in 1915 in Germany, he studied at a school and was hired as an assistant in a trade house where he worked for three years, but he wanted to work in agriculture and then went to a kindergarten school, He spent a year and a half at a training camp and joined the “Ha-Kovesh” group in 1935. Ludwik’s absorption was rapid in his work and in society, and he overcame the Hebrew language and joined a group of young people with whom he worked on the roads, “Every morning we knew we had nothing to worry about food, tools, he must have arranged everything, Even after work Lodoik handles arranging tools and food. Dedicated and able to work hard, worried about another hour. ‘Never mind’, he would say, ‘We’ll work a little more, especially in increasing the national income. ” He would happily go out to work in remote places, and this was an opportunity to get to know the country, call her and take pride in the work he shared. He was Simcha to bring new members to work and helped guide them. In the days of 1938 the members of Ramat Hakovesh took upon themselves to infiltrate into Gush Katif – the strip of citrus orchards between Ramat Hakovesh and the Haifa-Tel Aviv-Hebrew road, because when the riots broke out Arab workers left the work and blocked the roads and access to the orchards. “Ramat Hakovesh” to help and respond despite the fact that the work is in danger of life On the way to the orchards there were ambushes, assaults and landmines were detonated.The danger necessitated the maintenance of reinforced forces during working hours and darkness continued to bear the burden of protecting the kibbutz. And five days later, three members were killed and three were injured in a murderous attack A truck on its way to the orchard. On Wednesday, 4 August 1938, at 4:00 PM, a truck of Ramat Hakovesh collected 17 friends who worked in the orchards and turned to go home, before a small car with guards was driving in. The car and the guards passed the road safely. One of the rear wheels was blown up by a mine, and the front part was torn to a distance of about 15 meters, and all the passengers, including Ludwik, were injured, five of them dead, two died in the hospital that night, and Ludwick died the next morning, (5.8.1938) and he was 23. He was brought to rest at Ramat Hakovesh.

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