Feldblum, David
David, son of Chana and Chaim Feldblum, was born in 1921 and lived in Lodz, Poland until the family immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1925. During the World War years, he worked in a British Army workshop as an expert scribe. Despite the many hardships he faced, he participated regularly in his Haganah lessons and training on weekdays and Saturdays. He was often fired from his job because he had been absent from work many days during field training or courses. In the spring of 1947, when the infantry unit was called up to work in fortifications in the Galilee, David was among the volunteers. He left for a month and was not worried about his place of work. “The defense of the homeland precedes everything.” David was among the most courageous defenders, and without a word he went to every position he was assigned, and his courage was known throughout the company. In January 1948, he returned with his company to Kfar Hahoresh and Hanita, and returned to Haifa two months later to continue guarding and protecting the city against Arab rioters. He never told his parents where he was and what actions he took. His answer was always, “Do not worry, I’m not in danger!” In early April, when Kaukji’s army attacked Mishmar Ha-Emek, he and his company took part in the conquest of the Arab village of Abu Zureik. On the morning of the 7th of Nisan 5708 (16.4.1948), when he was exhausted by the battles of Mishmar HaEmek, his company was called upon to stop the fierce and dangerous attack of the Druze on Ramat Yochanan. The mass of the Druze was in the center of the village of Usha near the headquarters, and when he saw that the fighter next to the machine gun was hit, he ran to take his place, sustained a bullet to his head and he fell. The body remained in the field and only after the enemy’s retreat was he laid to rest in the cemetery in Kfar Ata .
