Fried, Dov

Dov, son of Eugenia-Yaffa and Moshe-Ze’ev, was born on August 23, 1921, in the city of Iluch in Yugoslavia. He completed school at an elementary school and completed high school in a secondary school for commerce in his hometown. After graduating he was accepted to a yeshiva in his city. Berry, (as his family and friends would call him) was an active child with good qualities and adaptability to new situations. From his youth, he was active in the Betar youth movement in Yugoslavia and in the Habonim youth movement in Switzerland, where he learned about the values of altruism and help for the needy, learned about the Land of Israel and even dreamed about the land of his forefathers. And in 1943 he was already in Switzerland, and in 1945, after the end of World War II, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was sent to Kibbutz Beit Hashita. But of course, he couldn’t just sit back During the turbulent time that the Yishuv was going through in those days Berry joined the ranks of the Haganah as a volunteer and twice led his truck to besieged Jerusalem. He made his way in a convoy of about twenty trucks, on the way to Jerusalem. Once the convoy encountered an enemy ambush near Jerusalem, and Berry, who knew how to assess the situation correctly, turned his truck to the left and quickly passed the convoy. In this he achieved two goals at once: he saved his life and the life of the six passengers in his truck and brought his equipment to Jerusalem. Another time he was stuck in Jerusalem during the siege and volunteered to fight on various fronts until the opening of the Burma Road.
Dov was drafted into the IDF in August 1948. After completing basic training induced, that was used then, and education program for professional truck driver was assigned to the Engineering Corps. A year later he was released from his regular service and was called for periods of active reserve duty. He later married his girlfriend Chaya, and in 1959 his son Oded was born. Berry devoted most of his time to his family and children, loved them with all his might and attached great importance to their proper education. He always shared his family’s problems of livelihood and political opinions, his pains and moments of despair. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Dov was called to his unit on the Golan Heights. A heavy bombardment was placed near the El-Al outpost, and artillery shells hit every moving object. On October 10, 1973 Dov was injured and killed. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife, a daughter and a son and a brother. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal.