Eisenberg, Carmi
Son of Ahuva, daughter of Rabbi Pinchas Meiri (one of the founders of Petah Tikva and Yehoshua (a lawyer and a district judge in Israel), son of Rabbi Aharon Eisenberg of Rehovot, was born in 1923 in Jerusalem. Carmi was named after his uncle, Carmi son of Aharon Eisenberg (the first Jew from the country to attend a military officer’s school in Istanbul to acquire military education and to grant a Jewish militia when he was established in the Land of the Jews). Who was a member of the Haganah in the First World War and was captured with his entire battalion on the Caucasus front and perished in a plague in Russian captivity in the winter of 1915.) Carmi studied in Jerusalem at the Tachkemoni religious school and at the Hebrew Gymnasium. The outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered for the British Commando in Palestine and participated in various activities In order to fight the Nazi Amalek and its deportees, and among those who refused to wear a British sergeant who demanded the right to a Jewish symbol, bravely stood before his judges for this breach of obedience and committed his punishment with honor, was promoted to the rank of sergeant, He fought in the battles against the Italians and the Germans, and traveled all the way from North Africa to the decisive battles in northern Italy where enemy force was broken, and he came through defeated Germany to the Low Countries and delayed his return home to help the surviving brothers and bring them to Israel. When he was discharged from the British army, he entered the government law school and passed the exams after two years of study. When the war broke out, he returned to the Haganah. He was the deputy commander of the defense of the Old City of Jerusalem, then defended the southern part of the city (Talpiot and Mekor Haim) and at the end, on its northern outskirts (Atarot and Neve Ya’akov). Karmi received a vacation to travel to Tel Aviv to celebrate his marriage, but in the meantime he needed help, and he postponed his trip and went to his friends at Atarot. On the 11th of Adar II 5708 he brought food and equipment to them. As he passed Sheikh Jarrah, Arabs attacked his convoy and killed three of them. On the 13th of Adar 2, 5708 (March 24, 1948) he left with a convoy to Atarot and Neve Ya’akov. Near the village of Shuafat, the convoy was attacked by an Arab mob and all its members were injured. Carmi was hit in the hand by a ball, but continued to fight until his last breath, with a bullet in his head. He was 25 when he died. He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem. On the 26th of Elul 5711 (26.9.1951) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. After his death he was promoted to lieutenant.
