Golan (Garmanski), Arie

Son of Shulamit (Frieda) and Baruch. He was born on the 13th of Marcheshvan 5702 (13.11.1941) in Jerusalem at the height of World War II. His parents’ home was a Jerusalem house for all intents and purposes, and he grew up and was educated there together with his three brothers. Both the War of Independence and the Sinai Campaign did not overlook his childhood, which was forged under the circumstances of time and turned him into the person in which the saying was fulfilled: “There is nothing that stands in the way of the will.” Aryeh graduated from the Tachkemoni elementary school and later attended a Brandeis high school. He worked in sports (such as tennis and table tennis) and practiced swimming. In this way his body, which had a remarkable ability, was also forged. But physical sport did not push the “brain” sport and he played chess with his friends. When he enlisted in the IDF in August 1960, he wanted to join an elite unit and was sent to the elite Golani infantry unit, where he excelled and liked everyone, but when he grew up he did not see it as a substitute for studies. At the commando unit, where he excelled and liked both his comrades and his commanders because of his Yaffa qualities (such as modesty and simplicity of conduct), Aryeh managed to finish all his preparations for the matriculation exams immediately upon his release from the IDF. Upon his discharge from the IDF, he was enrolled as a student of physics and mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an act that testifies to his strong will. After all, the Hebrew University was enrolled without high school and no vocational education. Since his faculty was one of the most difficult ones, he devoted all his time to studies, but at the same time did not distract him from the security of the state. When he went on reserve duty, he volunteered for the paratroopers’ paratroop unit. A few days before the outbreak of the Six-Day War, he claimed that he did not believe that war would break out, but if he broke out he had no doubt in his Lev that we would win it within a few days. In the battle in which he fell, he showed courage and a willingness to sacrifice; It was on the third day of the battles, on the 28th of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), when he fell near the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem, the capital. Was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Prof. Azriel Levy, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, devoted a chapter of his research entitled “Introduction to Modern Analysis,” to six students of the Mathematics Institute who fell on the defense of the homeland – and Aryeh among them. In the book “Marinas Gabro” of the Paratroopers Headquarters was dedicated a page with his biography and a description of the last battle. In the book “Nizkor”, published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Student Union, edited by Yehuda Ha-Ezrachi, pages were devoted to his memory.