Fromm, Ze’ev (“Zevik”)

Son of Israel Hacohen and Mindel. He was born on March 18, 1948 in Salzburg, Austria, where he immigrated to Israel in 1949. In the newly populated neighborhood he lived as a child and began to study at the religious elementary school “Tachkemoni”, where he stood out as a diligent and serious student, but completed elementary school at Gibori Yisrael Elementary School, where he studied since his parents moved to Elijah, where he studied at the city ‘ He was a member of the religious Scouts movement, and as a student he was successful, and the “Habermaniyot” in him and the joy of life among him were the ones who liked him for his friends. He was interested in sociology and national and religious thought, and many of them were active in the field of instruction, and he was one of those young men who in the form of their lives fulfilled what is a matter of conversation for many and only a few to realize. Ze’ev volunteered for the Nahal Brigade, and at the founding meeting of the core group in Lavi, when he went there among his comrades, the members chose him as their center; It was thanks to his efforts and personality. In July 1966, he was drafted into the IDF and in the army he did not choose the easy way, volunteering for a paratroop brigade, where he met all the efforts and tests he had to undergo. He was proud to belong to the family of red berets. “At least I give something of myself, doing something interesting and important in the army,” he would say. He was always full of gaiety and joy of life, and when Ze’ev smiled he would attract others to his delight. When he preached to one of his friends, he would do so with a laugh on his face. Even in the most difficult situations, when carrying a stretcher or carrying a wounded person, the good smile would hover over his face. He participated in the Six-Day War and defended our border up the Gilboa. This position proved to be a great force among the creators of life in work, observing and guarding. But at the same time he was aroused by the desire to go to the course of the General Staff, because this course found a place for development, learning and training, but finally he decided that such a step would not be in favor of the nucleus and his future – and Ze’ev accepted it with a sense of responsibility for the project he had begun and for his friends “The commander of his unit wrote in his letter of condolences to his family after he fell.” He moved to his unit with some of his friends, and here too the spirit of life was in between. His devotion to his friends and work gave him the name of a loyal friend and a great soldier. He always volunteered to carry out any mission and was the first to support his comrades. “But before completing his mandatory service on April 8, 1968, he was on an operational tour of the Jordan Valley, With two of his friends. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. In his memory his friends took out a book bearing his name.