Bornstein, Nathan

Born in 1918 to a Hasidic family in the town of Skarniewicz, Poland, and as a baby for a “secret gift” to the needy. In 1935, he immigrated to Israel, and a year later, at the outbreak of the 1936 riots, he joined the Haganah from his father, and at the age of 12 he wrote letters of longing for the Land of Israel – Israel and by the time he was 15 he was already a “worker” in his town, collected donations, established a charity fund and became a volunteer policeman. In the day he worked as an electrician, and at night he went to guard duty. Eventually he brought his mother and his family to Israel and took care of all their needs. In 1943 he joined the “Magen David Adom” organization and, as usual, devoted himself to his new role in Hasidic devotion. “Here is the Temple where good deeds are concerned” – was used to saying. With the UN General Assembly resolution on the partition plan, there was no limit to his happiness, but he was no longer satisfied with his work at the Magen David Adom station and wanted to help the injured on the battlefield, On February 12, 1948, he went with a group of Magen David Adom members to help the fighters who had raided Abu Kabir. When he returned from the battle, carrying a wounded man on a stretcher, a bullet hit his back and he fell with his hand gripping the stretcher. The wounded man who was treating him survived. Nathan was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.