Hershkowitz, Asher

Son of Rivka and Yosef, was born on the 11th of Tishrei, 5727 (September 11, 1926) in the city of Wasslow, Romania, where he joined the Gordonia movement and continued to work there underground with the Nazi takeover.left to israel on the ship “maaritza” he studied and worked for two years in the son of Shemen Youth Village, trained in the Haganah and specialized in work, especially in Falcha, completed his training for another year with the farmer Ami Assaf in Kfar Yehoshua and near the beginning of the War of Independence, Then a settlement-outpost within the framework of one of the Palmach regiments. He played key roles in the agriculture and in defending the place. Who fell on the 21st of Tishrei, 5709 (October 21, 1948) in an air raid on Be’er Sheva and the surrounding area and was brought to rest at the cemetery in Gvim-Sde Akiva.