Barad, Nahum

Son of Rachel and father, was born on 28.11.1928 in the city of Iasi, Romania. From childhood he had excelled in his talents. At the age of three, he learned to read and write, and at the age of nine he already delivered a Hebrew speech at the assembly for Keren Hayesod in Romania. It was during a visit to Romania that his parents immigrated to Israel (in 1934, when Nahum was six) and settled in Jerusalem. When he was 16, he completed his studies at the Reali School in Haifa. He tended to learn languages ​​and found his place in the Arab department in the Hagana service, and he easily adapted the various dialects. From the age of 17, he served in the ranks of the Palmach, during which time he made frequent trips and was able to say of himself that he “knew the triangle like the palm of his hand.” In order to prepare for the law studies he was given leave from the Palmach and worked at the same time in the Haifa municipality. In 1947 he went to Jerusalem to study law. After the War of Independence, he joined the Palmach again, served for a while, accompanied caravans on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line, then was among the defenders of Gush Etzion and was saved miraculously when his car hit a landmine. In this work, he participated in the Battle of the Castel and in the Negev, and on 26.5.1948 the Legion, with the help of cannons and armored vehicles, attacked and managed to capture the Radar camp, which caused his fatal wound on May 26, 1948. He was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Anavim, and in his last letter to his parents he wrote: “Let us hope that our building will be a building for witnesses and that the bloodshed will end with our victory and the defeat of our enemies.”