Farkash, Baruch
He was born on October 22, 1905 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a child with an emotional Lev, a lover of man, nature and animals. In his youth, he heard about the Land of Israel, the land of his forefathers, and in his Lev decided to immigrate to it and be a partner in its construction. In 1922, when he was seventeen, he came to Palestine after a journey of wandering, many hardships and deportations from the border to the border. In December 1933 he was accepted as a member of the Shomrim Association and held guard positions in Kfar Yehoshua, Kfar Hasidim, Beer Tuvia, Na’an and Gan Yavneh. He is attached to the lifestyle of his Arab neighbors and is meticulous in their customs. Many of his neighbors called him “Musa Baruch” and out of respect for him, the Arabs refrained from theft and robbery in his areas of defense. In his guard duty, he showed courage and dedication and demanded that the Shomrim Association send him to dangerous guard stations. As a wandering traveler he decided not to marry because his family would suffer from his closest life and soul. His mare, who treated her with great affection, was known for his modesty and his low self-sufficiency and his love for the open landscape. He was always looking for a new landscape, a new settlement, to be among the first founders and guards. His last place of work was in the Yachin orchard in Shwika, a few kilometers from Tul Karm, northeast of Kfar Yona. On July 15, 1938, he was shot in the hands of Arabs who had previously been in his home and exploited the information they had on him and the second guard Who was with him. The second guard succeeded in escaping and summoning the members of nearby Givat Haim, who found Baruch dead. He was brought to rest in Shekh-Abirak, in the cemetery of the guards, near the grave of Alexander Zeid. His name was immortalized in the booklet “How They Fell” and characters – guards, defenders, fighters, issued by the Association of Guardians.
