Herstig, Arthur

Son of Regina and Mendel. He was born on May 6, 1947 in the town of Badgstein, Austria. His parents, Holocaust survivors, married in Hungary after the war and decided to join their family who lived in Argentina. They were on their way to a transit camp in Austria for several months. When he was one year old, Artur arrived in Argentina, where he studied at an elementary school and changed electronics at an ORT school, but because he had “golden hands” he decided to change direction and began to study the art of goldsmithing. Artur belonged to the Maccabi ha – Tsa’ir youth movement in Argentina. When he was fifteen years old, the family immigrated to Israel, lived for two months in Holon, and finally settled in Petah Tikva. On their arrival in Israel, Artur began to work for Zoref and the jewelry he designed attested to the soul of a creative artist with a vision. Artur was drafted into the IDF on February 9, 1965 and volunteered to serve in the Golani infantry brigade, was proud of his uniform, fought in the Six-Day War and was decorated with the battle. “In 1968, he married Lili and over the years they were born to son of-Liron and Vashti, The girls – Ilanit and Orit – invested all his energies and talent in the family’s apartment: he built the metal cabinets He turned the dining room into a children’s room, paved floors, built a huge aquarium in the wall with his own hands, and all the neighbors in his home often asked him for help on various subjects, and he was Simcha to help. Who had a malignant illness, was on his shoulder and shoulder to his wife, because his only brother lived abroad, where he nursed them on a sickbed and tried to ease his father’s last moments as much as he could, and spent the last three and a half years of his life in a jewelry factory in Emmanuel, . He traveled every day from Petah Tikva to Emanuel and did not fear for his life at all. Artur served as part of the Medical Corps and volunteered to perform various tasks, which he did best. On December 13, 1988, Corporal Artur Herstig fell in battle in Samaria and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Petah Tikva, leaving a wife, son and two daughters, mother and brother – Zvika. The medical corps in which he served: “Artur z” l was a devoted soldier, faithful and meticulous in carrying out the meticulous execution of the orders … During his service, the unit learned to appreciate his gentleness and devotion. His family commemorated the donation of holy books to the Chabad synagogue in Petah Tikva.