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Gur-Aryeh, Chaim (Chaimka)

Gur-Aryeh, Chaim (Chaimka)

Chaim, son of Sarah and Meir Gur-Aryeh, was born in Jerusalem in 1923 and studied at the Hebrew Gymnasium in Rehavia. He loved music, was diligent in his training, but was also interested in civil aviation. Chaim joined the Haganah while he was still a student at the Gymnasium and went on a year of service as a guard at the airfields of the British army. During World War II he was drafted into the British Air Force and served there until 1946. Chaim participated in various courses of the Haganah and in the winter of 1948 served in the defense of Jerusalem and was one of those responsible for the security of the National Institutions and the Jewish Agency. On 30 Adar, March 11, 1948, when an Arab terrorist parked a car laden with explosives in the courtyard of the institutions it aroused his suspicion. He sat at the wheel and began to drive the car from its place, and a few yards later the explosion took place and he died. He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem. On 8.11.1951 he was transferred to the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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