Friedman, Menachem-Mendel

Son of Esther and Yaakov Pinchas was born on October 3, 1920, in Poland, and immigrated to Israel on August 5, 1935, as part of the Youth Aliyah founded by Henrietta Szold. For a short period he studied at the Yagur school but due to a serious illness he was forced to stop his studies. When he recovered he was sent by Hanoar Haoved to study polishing glass and specialized in this field. In the bloody riots of 1936-1939, he volunteered to help the people, and as a policeman stood up against the gangs by attacking Shefeya, Zichron Yaakov and Safed. At the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the British Army for infantry battalions. He served in Israel, in Cernica and in Benghazi. Because of his poor health, he was disqualified as a front-line combatant and transferred to the detective service as an interpreter. Until his discharge, he served in various positions at the Telephone Center, in the Checks Department, and took part in a malaria war course and finally as an interpreter in a German POW camp in Egypt. When he returned to Israel and to work, he gave his experience to the defense forces. At the outbreak of the War of Independence after the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the partition of the land, he participated in the defense of the place he worked and gave his fighter friends a calm secure feeling by him being around them Menachem Mendel fell in battle with the Arab Legion near Nesher on 13 Nissan 5708 22.4.1948) was brought to rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Motzkin and left behind a wife and a girl.