Kala, Asher-Aharon

Asher, son of Rina and Leon, a Holocaust survivor, was born on March 10, 1948, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to Israel with Aliyat Hanoar in 1963. He attended a general elementary school and another Jewish school – lunch in Buenos Aires, and continued his studies there, in a public school. After immigrating to Israel, he was educated at the Neurim Institute near Kfar Vitkin, where he studied electronics for two years, and in a one-year pre-military course for electric cars. Who was an outstanding student and a quiet and friendly boy. He liked his teachers and was loved by his friends. In his youth he was a member of the “Maccabi” club in Buenos Aires and participated in the sports activities held there. In Israel, too, he dealt in sports at leisure. Who liked to read Spanish and Hebrew literature. He loved life with all his soul, was very devoted to his parents, gave them great respect and always cared for them. Who was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early October 1966 and assigned to the Ordnance Corps, where he underwent a professional test and was assigned as an electrician in the Armored Corps, and was trained as a technician in repairing and handling tanks. After graduating from the army, he worked for Israel Aircraft Industries and completed a course for electrician aircraft, and in early 1973 he went on a six-month trip to the Israel Defense Forces When he returned, he began to work as an independent producer When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Asher joined his unit and took part in the battles in Sinai and the Suez Canal in the central sector, and he volunteered to take part in the patrols on October 16, 1973, An armored personnel carrier evacuating the wounded in the central sector, not far from the intersection of “Tartar-Lexicon”, the armored personnel carrier was injured and began to burn. Who jumped out of him and in the course of shots ran around to save the wounded. He was killed by enemy fire and brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by his parents and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote: “His actions and perseverance in this long war served us, his comrades, as a source of strength that was beloved and accepted by his comrades and commanders.” The local council of Kiryat Ono planted a tree-park in memory of local residents who fell in the Yom Kippur War, among them.