Goldenberg, Chaim (Carol)

Son of Reiza and David, was born in 1930 in the city of Piatra-Neamt, Romania. By the outbreak of the Second World War, he had completed four grades of the elementary school. From childhood he was attracted to Zionism. Chaim managed to survive the horrors of the war, and after that he set out on the “escape route” to Italy. He joined the “Gordonia” movement, underwent training and training in the Haganah, and then guided them. The ship that took him to Israel was caught and the passengers were taken to Cyprus. There, too, Chaim took part in Haganah training and tried several times to sneak out of the camp and arrive in Israel. These attempts were thwarted, but in 1947 he was allowed to immigrate to Israel with a group of youth and joined his comrades from the Gordonia youth movement to the Nir Am group. When the War of Independence began, Chaim volunteered for the battle and demanded that he participate in the defense of the place and his demand was fulfilled. While on guard duty in a defensive position of Nir, an enemy bullet hit him on the 15th of Iyar 5708 (May 25, 1948) and he was buried in Tze’elim. On the 15th of Iyar 5702 (2.5.1950), he was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak