Greenberg, Haim (Haimka)

Haim, son of Sheindel and Barel, was born on December 14, 1954 in Kibbutz Afek, and studied at the kibbutz elementary school and at the Carmel High School in Yagur. Haim was an outstanding student, mainly in mathematics, but also achieved achievements in the humanities. He loved music and detailed the guitar, drew and found in painting and writing poems an expression of his heart, ideas, and thoughts. He was also a basketball player on the kibbutz team. He had a wonderful memory and expressive and verbal expression. He also excelled in his developed sense of justice and his courage to fight for anything he thought worthy of the struggle. Haim was drafted into the IDF in early 1972 and assigned to the Armored Corps, where he was trained as a tank crew and was sent to a tank commanders course where he won high marks, but two weeks before the end of the course, the war broke out. When he was a student and afterward, when he served in the IDF, he wrote many letters to parents and friends, in which he recounted his impressions of trips in Israel, his training and experiences in the army, his experiences in the army, In the various courses. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Chaim was a cadet. He and his comrades were sent as crew members to participate in stopping the Egyptian attacks in the northern sector of the Suez Canal, near the city of Qantara. On October 8, 1973, he and his comrades, together with a handful of fighters from the Milan stronghold on the banks of the canal, tried to get out and reach the city of Kantara. In the battle that took place he was injured and killed. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Afek. Survived by his parents and two brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote that Haim was a dedicated and diligent apprentice. During the war, he performed his role impeccably, displaying initiative, dedication, professionalism and courage. His kibbutz, Afek, published a pamphlet in his memory called “Haimke”, containing the words of friends, teachers and friends about his character, as well as part of the collection of letters he wrote during his youth.