Bartov, Vanya-Itzhak
Vanya-Itzhak, son of Tamar and Amnon, was born on the 3rd of Tammuz 5712 (February 3, 1952) in Kibbutz Karmia. He completed seven years of elementary school in the kibbutz and when the family moved to Rishon Letzion, he continued his elementary studies at the Yadlin School. Afterward, he studied for two years at the Reali Gymnasium in Rishon Letzion. Already in his childhood, he found a tendency and a rare talent for art – mainly for painting and sculpture. One of his works in the field of sculpture awarded him a prize in a competition of young talents and won him in his work around the world. In order to develop his artistic talents, he moved to the Talma Yellin High School in Yad Eliahu and studied painting there, in addition to the regular subjects. Yitzhak was characterized by a quiet, modest and peaceful manner. During the first few weeks of his studies in this school he did not open his mouth, but only sat and painted; That’s why all his classmates thought he was a new immigrant. Every object suited his needs, each piece of paper quickly became a figure. After a few months it was necessary to scrub his desk, which was decorated with countless paintings. But it was not only in the painting that Yitzchak Chayil did. One day, the teacher asked for a lesson, in which two students would want a subject in history. When Yitzhak’s name came up as one of the two, the idea entertained his classmates. “This silent man will rise and run for an entire hour, and in front of an entire class?” When Isaac realized that the educator had not given up his decision, he almost fainted. But when he came today, he stood in front of his friends and they were given an instructive, thorough and interesting lesson in which Yitzhak lectured with maps he had prepared on the Napoleonic battles. Before long his friends learned to know him and he liked everyone. Yitzhak was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early August 1971. After completing basic training, he was sent to the Armored Corps School and underwent various courses in the operation of the tank, and was then transferred to the Engineering Corps and assigned as a cannon in a bulldozer tank. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, his unit was sent to the southern front and participated in the difficult battles in the Suez Canal, and its soldiers fought heroically for many days without rest. (October 16, 1973), in an anti-tank battle of the enemy in the area of the “Akaki” axis When he was found dead, he was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind his parents, brother and sister, and after being killed he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. To the bereaved family,
