Barzily, Aviv

Son of Esther and Abraham, was born on 17.2.1931 in Nes Tziona and grew up in Moshav Netaim, near his parents’ farm, where he graduated from the elementary school and two grades of a high school. From the age of 13 he began to publish his notes in Ma’aleh, in which he described the nature of the country and the experiences of the youth and his dilemmas with those who abandoned the fields when he went out to take action – As a farmer from his youth, he wanted to complete his agricultural knowledge and studied for one year at the Kaduri School, where he studied for a year until the outbreak of the War of Independence. Nineteen of the 1931 Yiftach Brigade in the Palmach. In spite of the many combat activities he took part in, he found himself an hour to commune with himself and to put his impressions on paper nicely. For a month he attended a seminar of Hakibbutz Hameuchad that took place in Sarafand. With the “Yiftach” Brigade descending to the Negev. Its battalion carried out the opening operation of Operation Yoav to break through to the Negev – the capture of the Beit Hanoun wedges on the night of 15-16 October 1948. This move was intended to disconnect the Egyptian forces north of Gaza and to mislead them regarding the main effort. The Egyptians attacked the fortresses with great force, and in this battle he fell on the 17th of Tishrei, October 17, 1948, while he was mannng his machine gun for his unit. Aviv was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Dorot. A few days before his death, he wrote his last, incomplete list: “A Wreath of Memories of an Evil Grave,” published after his death.