Cohen, Abraham

Avraham, son of Dina and Ezra, was born in 1941 in Aleppo, Syria, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1942. He studied at the Magen David Elementary School and at the Daat High School in Jerusalem. He completed his studies on his own and at school, Where Mitchell completed his fourth year in bookkeeping, and Abraham was a good student, despite the difficult conditions in his home, and despite the fact that he had to work to earn a living during his studies, after his father’s death. From his free time to the art of photography, he was thorough in all his actions and the information he acquired was based on writings and documents. He loved to help others and did not want to ask for favors, he was fond of his friends, who nicknamed him “Avi” and “Avram.” A realistic, serious and realistic man in his approach to life, yet with a sense of humor, He was meticulous in his work, clean and tidy with his hands and his appearance, a loyal and devoted son to his parents, and his work in the Ministry of Justice began as a messenger even before he was drafted into the IDF. After his release he returned to his place of work and progressed well until he was appointed head of the salaries department and was respected and admired by his colleagues and superiors. Avraham was drafted into the IDF in August 1960 and assigned to the infantry brigade, where he completed a course for commanders and a small combat unit and was assigned to the Golani Brigade as infantry commander and was awarded the rank of sergeant. On the day of Yom Kippur, on the 6th of Tishrei 5734 (October 6, 1973), Avraham was in reserve duty and reached the “Hatznit” outpost on the banks of the Suez Canal with the beginning of the Six Day War. The Egyptian attack. The soldiers of the few outposts, Abraham among them, bravely fought against the many Egyptian soldiers who had arrived at the outpost. Abraham fell in an attack in an area controlled by the enemy, and was declared a space whose burial place was unknown. After his body was found and identified, he was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Left behind a wife and son, brothers and mother, who died of sorrow after the fourth memorial day. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In one of the obituaries, the former Director of the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Zvi Tarlow, wrote words in his memory that emphasized Abraham’s devotion to his work. The IDF and the Ministry of Defense planted a tree in its memory in the Forest of the Defenders, commemorating the 68th Battalion in the Peace Forest in Jerusalem, the Ministry of Justice and its co-workers commemorating the Golden Book.