Colodero, Benjamin

Son of Rachel and Shlomo Bechor was born on October 6, 1924 in the city of Izmir, Turkey, and studied at the school of the Alliance Israelite Universelle (Alliance). , And when his parents refused to allow him to do so, he took two pairs of pants, a vineyard, and went on his way to Syria, where he was apprehended and held for half a year in prison, beaten and tortured, until he recovered. When he arrived at a youth company in Gvat he was transferred to the vicinity of Kfar Sava, and when he found in the Palmach training in Kfar Saba and in Ramat Hakovesh Turkish friends, he joined them. He played every role faithfully and devotedly and participated in the immigration of immigrants to the coast, in the campaign against the British (blowing up bridges and railways) and in Tel Aviv’s Lil-Wingate. Benjamin was known for my youthful attitude, his interest in all the problems of the people and the land, and respect for others. After completing his two years of service in the Palmach, he joined the Palmach in Haifa and participated in activities against the dissident organizations and later against the Arabs and the British. During the War of Independence he served in the Carmeli Brigade and fought for the liberation of Haifa. He was later joined with another unit in the brigade. He was one of the best machine-gunners, and when they told him to send him to the machine-gun officers course he refused to go, because he wanted to be a good soldier without commanding himself and letting himself fall on others. Benjamin went with his regiment to the Galilee and excelled bravely in heroic battles. He recently took part in Operation Brosh, whose goal was to destroy the Syrian bridgehead in the Mishmar Hayarden area. He fought in the fierce battles on the Khirbat Hadda outpost, which passed several times from hand to hand, and in the battle for this outpost fell on 9 July 1948. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rosh Pina.