Hochberger, Nathan

Son of Sheindel and Shimon, was born in 1910 in the city of Gorlice, Western Galicia. In 1936 he immigrated to Israel and joined the “Hanoar Hazioni” group in Kiryat Anavim. A year later he moved to Haifa and worked in the quarry. With the worsening of the events in Israel, he joined the Nutras. The main stations in his service were Atlit, the northern fence and the prison camp in Nur Shemesh. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the British army, served as a driver and moved all of the Syrian desert to the Iranian border by supplying equipment to the army. After his discharge from the British army he worked as a driver in the Electric Company in Haifa. In the meantime, the situation in Israel worsened, and again he devoted himself very diligently to his activities in the Hagana service. Natan was one of the brave drivers who kept the transportation in the most turbulent days and did not shy away from the dangers of the road. On the 19th of Adar I 5708 (29.2.1948) he returned from the Krayot and near Halisa was hit by a bullet and died. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. He left behind a daughter.