Hanoked, Uri

Son of Ama and Avigdor, was born on July 25, 1915, in the city of Franktal, Germany, to an assimilated family. He graduated from high school and was a member of the Tchelet Lavan youth movement. In 1934 he immigrated to Israel, joined as a member of Kibbutz Ramat Hakovesh and quickly settled there. Uri devoted himself to the work of the agriculture and as a Haganah man he volunteered for any service in security matters. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the British Army and was held captive by the German army for four years, where he was subjected to many dangers, for he did not renounce his honor as a Jew and protect him and his comrades. Suffered a great deal and needed knowledge to encourage his friends. During the air raids of the Allied armies on retreating Germans and in the strenuous walk that prisoners were forced to walk, his strong spirit was often put to the test, and he knew how to protect it and encourage its comrades to suffer. In 1945, on his return from captivity, he worked in the vineyards and devoted himself especially to the treatment and guidance of the youth. He was sent on behalf of the kibbutz to a seminar for youth counselors of “Youth Aliyah”. He had great influence on the youth, who saw him as a symbol, a life devoted to the homeland and the design of a healthy and working society. On April 20, 1948, he volunteered to head his squad, as commander of the Palmach, to help the guards who had been attacked in the eastern area of ​​Ramat Hakovesh and from one of the forward positions he fired bursts at the attackers: “Soon we were done, Let us move on and we will be able to return to the breakfast room for breakfast. “His fierce fighting helped him to fight the enemy and bring him to Israel, but when he got up to see them, he was hit by a cluster of bullets and fell and was brought to rest at the Ramat Hakovesh cemetery.