Brody, Zvi (Tziki)

Zvi, son of Sarah and Israel z “l, was born on September 18, 1951.) At Moshav Netaim, he studied at the regional elementary school in Beit Hanan, and after his parents moved to Tel Aviv, Zvi continued his studies at the school The “Alliance” high school in Ramat Aviv, with his peers at the head of the planners, the kindergarten, the school, the children in the moshav and his neighborhood in the city, his first years in the moshav and the educational institution where his parents worked, He loved the country with a strong love and was full of a sense of belonging and a full and unshakable faith in our right to this land. There are many hobbies. He was a member of the Scouts and aviation club, took an amateur rescuers participated commanders’ course Gadna and young physicists course of Tel Aviv University. Zvi drafted into the IDF in November 1969, was placed in the Armored Corps. After completing his basic training, he completed his tank training courses, completed a tank commander course, and finally successfully completed his training in the officers’ course. One of Tzvi’s friends told the recruits company: “I remember that embarrassed recruits’ division, standing in front of the angry muzzle, when suddenly Zvika gives a sharp-tongued voice and we all laugh, but Zvika is already running around the platoon. “After a while, one of the symbols of Zvika’s department wrote:” Although he was an excellent officer and sometimes tough, I remember him first as a person and as a good friend of all those under his command … ” A few weeks before Yom Kippur, he was accepted to the Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Zvika was sent over to the southern front and took part in the bravery battles against the Egyptians. On October 7, 1973, some of the tanks under his command were hit and he went out to help rescue them. He was hit and killed during the operation. Zvika was considered missing for two months until his body was discovered in Egyptian-controlled territory. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by father, mother and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to captain. Every year in the Alliance school, a memorial day is held in memory of Zvika and other schoolchildren who fell in the war; The Tel-Aviv University published a collection of articles and studies in Hebrew in memory of Zvika and the memory of his father who died a few months after his son’s death.