Elrom (Hofstaetter), Ephraim

Son of Rivka and Eliahu Hofstaetter. Ephraim was born in Poland on November 23, 1911. Born and educated in Poland, Ephraim immigrated to Palestine in 1935. He joined the Mandatory Palestine Police on June 1, 1937, and served in the Mandatory Police as a private investigator. In 1960, Ephraim served in the Criminal Division of the Tel Aviv District Criminal Investigations Division and in the Police District, including investigating the British spy affair (the trial against Sylvester and Hawkins) during the war In July 1951, he was promoted to the rank of deputy district supervisor (equivalent to the Superintendent), and the recommendation for the rank was written by his commanders: “An excellent officer with experience, understanding and ability, The cynics of the investigations in Israel. “On May 27, 1960, Ephraim was appointed Deputy Commander of the Bureau 06. In March 1961 he was appointed commander of the School for Senior Officers. He was later head of the Department of Economic Investigations until August 1969, when he was loaned to the Foreign Ministry. In 1969, Ephraim’s son, Gideon, was killed in a plane crash. During his service, Ephraim was given many medals and medals: the Medal of Defense, the Medal of the Second World War (by the Mandate authorities), the War of Independence, the War of Independence, the War of Independence, the Six Day War, and on August 8, On 17.5.1971, Ephraim Elrom, Israel’s Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey, was kidnapped by Turkish terrorists belonging to the Turkish People’s Army. He was held in captivity for five days and on May 28, 1971, they shot him to death in the basement of the building where he was held, not far from the Israeli embassy. Commander Ephraim was fifty-nine when he fell. He was buried in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, Tel Aviv. A street in Ramat Gan was named after Ephraim. A grove was planted in memory of Ephraim in the forest of the Jewish National Fund in son of Shemen. The Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University awards a scholarship named after Efraim and his son Gideon.