Cantor, Shraga

Son of Jonah and Israel, was born on the 2nd of Shvat 5668 (2.2.1928) in the town of Dolten in the Carpathian Mountains, Poland, and received a traditional education. In 1935, when he was seven years old, he immigrated with his parents to Israel, and the family settled in the village of Kadima in the northern Sharon. Here he collected studies at work (after graduating from the local elementary school he studied for two years in Tel Mond) and assisted his parents in their small farm. Was very devoted to the agriculture and wanted to build a perfect cowshed went to work as a dairy farmer in Nahalat Yitzhak, where there were many cowsheds. After an accident he returned to his farm. From an early age he joined the Haganah, practiced and traveled extensively. As he grew older, he assumed responsible positions in the place, and among other things he was responsible for the weapons storehouse (“the slick”), a guide, an expert machine gunner, etc. During the struggle against the British, a member of the Gush’s security committee was appointed. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he worked in the local guard units of the Alexandroni Brigade, where he served as a commander in charge of his subordinates, both in training and at the front, who fought against him despite being injured in the leg and despite the entreaties of his commanders, friends and family. On Wednesday, May 13, 1948, he was wounded by a bullet in his leg, but refused to accept the help of his friends, whom he sent to help the other wounded, and crawled with his last remaining strength towards the collection station, but died Probably from blood loss, was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Tel Mond.