David, Levi

Levi, son of Yitzhak and Sarah David, was born in 1932 in Harlow, Romania. The “Hashomer Hatzair” branch opened in the town and Levi was one of its first members. He worked enthusiastically and after a few years of activity in the “nest” managed to be included in the list of immigrants to Israel in “Aliyat Hanoar”. Together with his younger brother he left Constanza at the end of 1947, and how Simcha he was that his dream had come true and he had seen the shores of the country before his eyes. The British discovered the immigrants and incarcerated them in Cyprus for about two months. In the meantime, the brother fell ill and was taken to the hospital. When his release from exile in Cyprus came and he was given the opportunity to sail to Israel he refused to do so without his brother. After much effort and suffering, when he managed to get his brother out of the hospital, they went up together and arrived at the immigrants’ home in Kiryat Shmuel at the beginning of 1948. The counselors insisted on separating the brothers so that the framework in which the little brother was educated would be suitable for him. They still promised to let Levi see him from time to time. Levi was in Kibbutz Beit Zera for two years but he did not forget his parents and often wrote to them about himself and his brother, letters full of nostalgia. “I only miss you,” he wrote. “When will you come?” In 1950, the parents immigrated to Israel with their firstborn son and their little daughter, and were received with hearts full of happiness and joy. His parents were sent to the Yokne’am transit camp and Levi moved to Ramat Hashofet to be close to his parents. From time to time he came to visit his family, encouraged them and filled them with joy. When he joined the army in July 1950, he did so willingly and with pride, but on the 26th of Adar (April 3, 1951), he was wounded while fulfilling his duties and died of his wounds. He was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.