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Erlich, Uriel (Uri, Zvi)

Erlich, Uriel (Uri, Zvi)


Son of-Rivka and Yehuda, was born on September 6, 1927, in Nes Ziona, where he studied at the Tel Aviv elementary school and then at the elementary school in Petach Tikva and in the regional school. , A member of the Haganah in Petach Tikvah, and took part in various activities in the area (Kfar Sirkin, etc.) After graduating from the regional school he enlisted and served for a year as a barter in Be’er Tuvia, and at the end of the year he was studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem But when he finally decided to devote himself to teaching, he entered the Teachers’ College at Givat Hashlosha at the beginning of the year 1948, where he received the position of instructor in the training of a class in Semin . At the outbreak of the War of Independence, he wanted to stop his studies and enlist, but he was instructed to continue studying until Passover. Two days after graduation, he joined the Palmach and immediately went to the front of Jerusalem, where he served in a sabotage unit near the headquarters and took part in various activities around Jerusalem as a squad commander and deputy company commander. On 21 May 1948. He was seriously injured after two operations at a hospital in Jerusalem on 18 June 1948. He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem, and on 18 Av 5711 (20.9.1951) he was taken to rest – In the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, a memorial booklet appeared on the first anniversary of his death.

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