Cohen, Meir

Son of Tova and Shimon, was born on January 4, 1922 in Germany and in 1934 immigrated to Israel with his parents. Meir continued his studies at the Beit Hakerem High School in Jerusalem, and shortly thereafter acquired the Hebrew language and excelled in both his physical and human studies. After completing his studies, his teachers encouraged him to study at the mathematics university, which he excelled in. But as a member of the Mahanot Ha’olim youth movement and later as a mentor, he ignored the advice of his teachers and asked his parents to train his movement in Givat Brenner. ), And after the division in this group moved to the objects. In 1942, following the kibbutz movement’s decision to enlist in the British army, he volunteered for the Baps Corps. Without satisfaction he bore the burden of service and security in Egypt, and when he was added to the Jewish Brigade upon its establishment, his enthusiasm returned. Meir participated in the battles in Northern Italy as a sniper, in the victory campaign of the Brigade through defeated Austria and Germany to the Low Countries, and in the aid operations of She’erit HaPleita and Zionist Labor. In the Netherlands he completed a radio technician course at the Philips factory. As a soldier in 1945 he married a wife. When he returned to Israel after his release in 1946, he received a scholarship from the British army so that he could study at the Hebrew University of Haifa in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The kibbutz was willing to help him with the living expenses provided that his wife remained in the kibbutz and did teaching, but the couple refused to continue their separation and preferred to go out to live independently in Haifa. As a discharged soldier, he received an apartment in the Jewish Agency’s homes in the city of Ganim (Kiryat Nahum) and gave private tutoring, building, In the process, he studied and successfully passed the first year exams on the first date, and during the days of the vacation he continued to work and study. His second year of studies ended with the recruitment of students immediately after the United Nations General Assembly decided on November 29, 1947, to divide the country into two states and the outbreak of the war, and to defend the transport routes to the Gulf and the surrounding areas. 2 Adar I 5708 (12.2.1948) and was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa.