Com, Nachum (Carmi)

Son of Pesia and Eliahu, was born in 1910 in the city of Rzesica in White Russia. After World War I, the family moved to Poland. In 1928 he immigrated to Israel with his parents and worked in agriculture near his father. Later he studied and worked in it and settled in Jerusalem. In the winter of 1948, with the beginning of the War of Independence after the United Nations General Assembly decided to partition the country into two states, when they were drafted into the Haganah aged 25- 18 years, he was already the father of two boys aged 13-15, and a ” In a convoy on the way to the Shfela), he arrived at the headquarters of Area 10 (in northern Jerusalem) and demanded in his mouth: “Let me fight!” He fulfilled all his duties with vigor, dedication and success, and was appointed commander of the section at the Maglara, the Hungarian houses (Mea She’arim). Nahum did not take advantage of the commander and every dangerous mission went first. Showed self-sacrifice in helping the victims of sniping and sneaking at night to throw hand grenades at Arab positions. In his actions and behavior, he bought the hearts of the people of the old Yishuv, residents of the area, and legends went about his heroism. The residents obeyed his instructions and he managed to organize them for various services according to age and ability: the young people for positions and combat activities, the boys for liaison services, and the elderly for labor battalions in the fortifications. The successful sabotage and raids on the Mujerra neighborhood he organized and carried out with trickery and bravery frightened the Arabs and the Exodus from there. Before the British left, he prepared his men for larger operations and on the day of their departure he conquered the Mea She’arim police station and encamped there. On May 19, 1948, a very heavy bombardment was carried out on Jewish Jerusalem, and especially on the section Nahum was in charge of, and when Nachum left the command room for a patrol, a fragment of a shell hit the grenade that was hanging from his belt and was shattered by the explosion of the grenade. On September 10, 1950, was transferred to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.