Guttman, Shimon (Heinz)

Son of Malka and Chaim (Leo) was born on February 16, 1925, in the city of Boiten, Upper Silesia, Germany, to a Zionist family that is observant and spiritually educated. In 1935 he moved to Kiryat Motzkin, where he studied at the “Reali” School, and then spent three years in training and welding at the vocational school of the Technion. He worked as a locksmith in a British military camp in Kiryat Motzkin and later opened a locksmith’s workshop in his father’s home and helped his family with his virtues. , And in other studies, in order to expand his general knowledge Shimon was active in the Hagana In February 1948 he was drafted into the Carmeli Brigade, and after training in a religious company in Kfar Hasidim, he came to the defense of Ramat Yohanan against the Druze attacks, and as a deputy commander, he took command after the commander was wounded On April 16, 1948, he fell In repelling an attack on Ramat Yochanan, and was brought to rest in the cemetery in kfar Ata.