Hecker, Isaac

Son of Esther and Jacob. He was born on January 1, 1616 in Rostov, Russia. At the age of nine he immigrated with his family to Eretz Israel. In Israel, the family settled in Jerusalem and Yitzhak attended the Tachkemoni School, where he was one of the outstanding students. Afterward he entered the commercial school and for a certain period stopped his studies and went to work as a construction worker. He devoted much of his spare time to trips in Israel and even founded a wandering group called “The Solel” with his friends, whose goal was to recognize the Judean Desert thoroughly. He was one of the first youth in Israel to walk the Dead Sea on foot. One of his friends says: “He was blond, slender, restless, he wandered a lot, almost always outside, for some reason his pale skin did not get the yoke of the Eretz Israel sun, and he was always red and the skin peeling. His love for the landscape, for the landscape of Eretz Israel … “. “When the time came,” Yitzhak Lamar would say, “the land will remain silent and will rise to the ground and create a new kibbutz.” Yitzhak joined the Haganah at an early age and found great activity there. When the riots of 1936 broke out, he enlisted in guard posts around Jerusalem. He was a member of the “Nodedat” under the command of Yitzhak Sade and eventually joined Wingate’s night squads and was one of the commanders of the Fosh. He was sent in various positions to dangerous places that demanded responsibility – in Givat Ada, around Ramat Hashofet, near the northern fence – and everywhere he fulfilled his mission with faith. One of his friends relates: “In the days of the riots he wrote from the fence:” I want to be in danger, I want to sacrifice myself … “Despite his external calm, he had a turbulent soul. He did not have a cohesive ideology but always demanded bold, progressive, and not low-level actions. When he broke out in World War II, he was sent on a special mission to Europe, where he wrote about himself: “I am looking for something and I do not know what it is.” In early May 1941, when the ” In order to blow up the refineries in Tripoli, Lebanon, Yitzhak was one of its members and was appointed deputy commander of the operation. On May 18, 1941, the group set sail on the “Ari HaYam” motor boat. At noon that day the last message was received. For unknown reasons, the operation did not come to fruition, and it was not yet known what happened to the 23 young men, who was twenty-five years old at the time of Yitzhak’s death, and placed his parents and sister in the book “Secret Shield.” In an investigation conducted in 2017, BROOKWOOD1939 Brockwood, UK Grave location Addenda Panel Age 25. Rank Volunteer His burial place is unknown