Groswirth, Zeev-Ivan (Longy)

Son of Shraga and Clara. He was born on January 5, 1935, in the city of Praszow, Czechoslovakia, and the persecution of the Jews began in 1939. At the age of eight and a half the boy was sent to Hungary alone to save his life. In March 1945 he returned to his home and again the family reunited that the rest of the family had been sent to “camps” or dispersed in all directions, from 1945 until the end of the war. 1949, he continued his regular studies at the elementary school and was an outstanding student, and even graduated from the first two grades In 1949 he immigrated to Israel as part of the Youth Aliya (only three months later his parents immigrated with his sister) and arrived at the youth group at Kibbutz Ein Hashofet He was a frequent participant in discussions about the problems of the kibbutz and society, politics and ideology, but when he took the floor, his words were balanced and his views deepened. He was gentle and emotional and his attitude was serious to everything he did. He was accepted as a member of the kibbutz and worked in the groves; His last job was the management of the regional packing house, but during his spare time he worked in sculpture (mainly wood); He also painted a little. He was good-natured and warm-hearted, with a smile on his face. He was drafted into the IDF in August 1952 as part of a Nahal Brigade and was released in February 1955. He was on reserve duty and even before the Six-Day War was called to the flag. On the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), the second day of the battles, the camp fell while the enemy’s plane exploded in the camp. left a wife and son – and his wife pregnant when they fell. He was laid to rest in a mass grave in Haifa’s military cemetery. Ein Hashofet published a pamphlet in his memory. In the booklet “53 of them” in memory of the fallen members of Kibbutz Artzi who fell in the Six Day War, a page was dedicated to his history. From his estate was also brought in volume 4 of “Goily Ash”, the school bag of the sons of the fallen soldiers of Israel.