Heller, Shlomo

Son of Miriam and Shimon, was born on November 5, 1926, in Tel Aviv. As a child, he liked to do the work and was not interested in school. When he grew up he became a quick mechanic in his work. When he was 18 years old, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the Jewish Brigade. He spent his first training period in Tsrifin and was later sent abroad. In the army he served for two years, and during his service he assumed the role of emissary from Eretz Israel to the survivors of the camps. We will be released with the last of those who were released in 1946. Upon returning to his parents’ home and to his friends, he spoke extensively about the impressions that were engraved deep in his Lev – about the meeting with the Jews of the Diaspora and the army’s actions. At the beginning of the War of Independence, in January 1948, he enlisted in the army and was sent to Jerusalem. He stood out among his friends with his strength and bravery in the many battles he took part in. He would say, “The disaster is not so bad if you get killed, if you have to get killed, you get killed.” Was commander and in charge of the southern section of Mekor Chaim, where he fell on duty on April 28, 1948, when he was hit by a sniper bullet. Originally buried alive. On the 17th of Av 5710 (31.7.1950) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.