Gandel, Wolf

Son of Bella and Hanan, was born on October 15, 1925 in the town of Swir, Poland. In 1933, at the age of eight, he immigrated to Israel with his parents. The family settled in Kfar Sava. After graduating from elementary and high school, he prepared himself for a life of hard labor, as a member of a working family and studied regrets at a vocational school. Adir wanted to be of help to his parents and was very Simcha when he gave his first salary to his mother. When the War of Independence broke out, he pushed aside his personal accounts by saying briefly: “There is nothing to talk about, now war, and only after victory will we decide on my future in life.” Ze’ev served in the Alexandroni Brigade in the southern Sharon region, participated in operations in Herzliya and Bir Adas, and recently in Ramat Hakovesh. On the 29th of Adar 2, 5708 (March 29, 1948), during an Arab attack on the site, he was hit by an enemy bullet and fell while assisting the wounded man. Ze’ev was laid to rest in the Kfar Saba military cemetery.