Feldberg, Dr. Carl

Son of Clara and Zelig. Born in 1898 in Germany to a well-to-do family, he was involved in Zionist circles and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Freiburg and was one of the best lawyers in Hamburg, immigrated to Palestine in April 1934 and lived in Haifa. He was a member of the Haganah on 9 Iyar, May 1, 1936. Shortly after the outbreak of the bloody riots, he drove in his car near the Eastern Railway Station in Haifa. Between the “Faisal Square” and the police station he encountered a crowd of wild Arabs who had just left the mosque and demonstrated on the occasion of May Day. The crowd began to throw stones at the car, causing it to collide with the truck. Karl was hit by the stones in the head and died that evening at the hospital. After the incident, one of the eyewitnesses accused the British police of not stopping the movement at the time of the demonstration and thus participating in the incident. Karl was brought to rest in the new cemetery in Haifa. He left a wife and a seven-year-old girl. His memory was immortalized in the books “Blood and Fire”, 1936-1937 edited by Reuven Goldberg, and “Events of 1936” edited by Bracha Habas.