Bachrach, Eric

Son of Rudolphina. During the Second World War, he enlisted in Palestine and was assigned to the 462 Company of the Transport Corps. He served in Egypt and Beirut and at the end of April 1943 he left with his company on the deck of the ship “Arinapura” from Egypt to Malta to participate in the Allied invasion of Europe. On the 27th of Nisan 5703 (1.5.1943), a German reconnaissance plane headed over the convoy of ships headed by the “Aryanpura”. The plane called the bombers, who arrived in the evening and bombed the convoy. Eric’s ship suffered direct damage and drowned. One hundred and forty members of Company 462 perished in the disaster. Eric was among them. In the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem a monument like a ship was erected in memory of those who were missing, whose burial places are unknown.