Gadol, Yehuda

Son of Rachel and David. He was born in 1922 in Transylvania, Hungary, where his father was known as an honest man, and a non-Jewish elementary school, but thanks to the traditional atmosphere that surrounded him in his parents’ home, He continued to visit the “Tzeirei Mizrachi” club in his town, joined the choir, listened to Hebrew lessons, and learned how to express his language correctly, and he learned to fulfill his obligations with free will and self-discipline. When news of the bloody events of 1936 came to him, he sent a letter to his brother urging him to join the police immediately and take part In defending the Jewish community. At the end of the 1930s, he decided to immigrate to Palestine as early as possible. When he was not allowed to immigrate legally, he sailed in April 1939 to a destination on an illegal immigrant ship organized by the Mizrachi and Maccabees. The ship, “Assimi”, was small enough to accommodate all its passengers, the sanitary conditions were unbearable, and the food was poor. After days of severe suffering, they finally reached Netanya, but the passengers’ joy was too early. The British Coast Guard who spotted them opened fire on the ship and one of the immigrants was killed. The ship was sent back to the sea despite strong protests from the Yishuv and its institutions. Haifa was a whole storm, and all the community and work were suspended. After three months, Yehuda managed to reach Israel. He settled in Haifa, got on the job immediately, and was registered as a member of the Maccabi branch in the city, where he worked mainly in the boxing industry. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he enlisted among the first, without the consent of his family, to the “Maccabi” company in the British army. In the company he was known for his modesty, his kindness, his willingness to always help others, and his physical strength in his service. On October 21, 1943, he left the company’s camp in Wadi Sarar for shooting training in southern Israel. In a fatal clash on the way, four of the passengers of the military vehicle and Yehuda among them were killed. He was 21 when he died. He was laid to rest in the new cemetery in Haifa and was buried in a full military ceremony. He laid a mother and three sisters. The Maccabi movement published a pamphlet in his memory in which he spoke of his life and image; His name was also immortalized in the books “Ish B’Hayal”, “The Book of Volunteerism” and “Yizkor” by the Jabotinsky Institute.