Bella, Shlomo

Son of Hanna and Moshe was born in Breslau (Germany). He immigrated to Israel with his parents who settled in Haifa in 1934. In May 1948, he was appointed deputy lieutenant (in addition to his work at the port) and in the evenings he guided the Haganah in the secret unit of the Haganah to safeguard the Jewish status in the port and ensure the unloading and loading services for the needs of the Yishuv. Commanded the guard of honor during the handover from the British port of Haifa, Israeli authorities passed another course and rose to the rank of Acting. On July 10, 1948, half an hour after he played for his soldiers the harmonica, he was greeted by a group of members of the Haganah, He was seriously injured in the air raid and told his men: “I am going to bandage my wounds and make sure that in the meantime everything will be all right.” He was transferred to the Schweitzer hospital in Tiberias and accepted the loss of one eye, without knowing what was expected. While him being ill, he said: “Guys, go to section III. I do not like to repeat one thing two times. I want you to understand for the first time. “And after three days, on the 6th of Tammuz 5708 (July 13, 1948), he died and was buried on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. On the 16th of Sivan 5706 (June 1, 1950) he was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery in Haifa.