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Dickfeld, Isaac

Dickfeld, Isaac


Son of Sima and Noah, was born in 1916 in the city of Konska-Wola, Poland. In 1921 he immigrated to Israel with his parents, who settled in the south of Tel Aviv. Yitzhak graduated from Alliance and then worked in a bakery. After his arrival in Israel he joined the Betar movement and continued with the activities of the Irgun underground. In the 1936-1939 riots, he was one of the first to break the “restraint” and moved to an active and aggressive response against the Arabs, and his comrades were often forced to stop him from bursting into an action whose danger was certain. During the Second World War he enlisted among the first in the British army, saying: “I will connect with the devil so that I can strike Amalek.” He was called by the British as “Decwart.” He moved to the Jewish Brigade and served there until the end of the war. In Europe, he did more to help She’erith Hapleitah and succeeded in daring machination.. After his return to Israel he married and returned to work in the bakery. In the winter of 1948 he fulfilled his duty as part of the Etzel forces in defense and defense, in the battle for Jaffa and later on Ramle. He fell on the 17th of Iyar 5708 (May 26, 1948) at the railway junction. After a while he was laid to rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.

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