Friedman, Shlomo

Son of Menucha and Moshe. He was born in 1922 in Lomza, Poland, to a Zionist family, and in 1922 the family immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where he completed his studies at the elementary school and then at the Geula High School. He was active in the Tzahar party. In 1933, Hitler’s rise to power in Germany, initiated the establishment of the boycott committee on German produce. He was one of the founders of the “Language Defenders Battalion” and of the “Maccabi” Association in Tel Aviv. In 1934 he began studying at the American University of Beirut but returned to Israel with the outbreak of the 1936-1939 riots and volunteered to defend the Jewish Yishuv in the ranks of the Irgun Zvai Leumi. Because he belonged to the illegal underground, he was arrested by the British authorities and was detained for six months in the Acre prison. In 1942, he completed his studies at the Government Law School in Jerusalem and later worked as a lawyer in Tel Aviv. During World War II, he enlisted in the British Army and joined the Jewish Brigade in September 1944. Among his comrades he was known for his modest manner, his nobility and unlimited devotion to every national duty he was assigned to. He was able to go out with his friends to the front of the battle against the Germans, and on one of the vacations he traveled with a group of friends to visit the cemetery and was seriously injured in an accident. Since then he had not recovered and died in Italy on 26 Iyar, May 9, 1945. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Ravenna, Italy. He left a father and mother, four brothers and a sister. His name was immortalized in “The Brigade Book” and in “Memories of Netzach”, the memorial book for fallen soldiers of the Irgun Zvai Leumi.