Goldsman, Eliezer

Son of Sophia and Moshe, was born in 1928 in Lodz, Poland. In 1945 he immigrated to Israel together with his fellow members of the hachshara. His group joined Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, where Eliezer called for a work life, became a farmer, played a responsible role in his group and was aware of the problems of society and the kibbutz. Since in the Diaspora he had just completed an elementary school, he tried to complete his education here, and after a day of work in the farm he could meet with a book in his hand as he read it. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, the youth training company was recruited into the Palmach, and Eliezer served in the Yiftach Brigade and participated in the battles of the Jordan Valley, the Upper Galilee, the center and the Negev. Bombardments and shelling on the small outpost and occasionally an enemy assault and infantry attack on one of our platoons guarding the hill. We waited for reinforcements to come and replace the people who were tired to death, but it did not arrive. In the morning the enemy surrounded the small outpost with tanks and many of its defenders fell during the retreat, among them Eliezer, who was hit by a bullet in the back. On that day we returned and conquered the outpost and found it among the fallen. “Eliezer fell on the 5th of Tishrei 5709 (October 5, 1948) and was buried in Mishmar Hanegev. On the 15th of Cheshvan 5710 (15.11.1949) he was put to rest at the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery.