Fogelman, Arieh

Son of Wichna and Dov Berl, was born on January 21, 1962, in the city of Dokshin, Poland. In 1935, when he was twelve years old, he immigrated to Israel and was accepted to the sixth grade of the PICA elementary school in Petah Tikva, where he aspired to higher education, but when the family offered to support him in order to continue his studies, he refused. “Aryeh was a member of Hashomer Hatzair in Petach Tikvah and was active in this movement, and he lived in the” commune “of Hashomer Hatzair in Petach Tikvah, worked in the Braz brothers’ orchards and learned how to pack the golden apples. Afterward, he moved to the farm, where he worked in Deir, where he worked as a military instructor, was good-hearted and understands the soul of others, He was devoted to the life of the kibbutz and spent a year and a half guarding and guarding the Germans in the quarantine camps in Sarona and Wilhelma, where Sarid did not want to give up a guide like him, but he demanded that he be allowed to go to the Palmach. – Independence took part in the battles of Mishmar HaEmek and the conquest of Beit Sussin, and after every operation he used to say, “Guys, you have to do more!” He fought valiantly during Operation son of-Nun A – the first attack on the Legion To break through the road to Jerusalem – served in the 7th Brigade and took part in the attack. In the battle over Deir Ayyub and an outpost over the village, he participated as a deputy platoon commander and was slightly wounded by a bullet. When they wanted to remove the belt that was close to the wound, he did not agree, because “he did not want to leave it to the enemy.” He continued to encourage his subordinates and when he was hit again by a bullet, his last words were: “I am going to die, tell the guys to hold on …” This battle fell on 15 May 1948. Left a mother and sisters. Sarid’s farm was recalled in a booklet he published in memory of two friends: Shmuel Holdsheim and Arie Fogelman. On the 11th of Adar 5702 (28.2.1950) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.