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Kliczewski, Yitzhak

Kliczewski, Yitzhak


Son of Hannah and Isaac. He was born in 1911 in Lodz, Poland. As a youngster, he excelled in acting and was also a member of a drama club in his hometown. He joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1932. In Israel, he joined the founders of the kibbutz “Mesila” and together with his friends he stuck the first tent poles in his hands. After working on the kibbutz for about a year, he moved to Tel Aviv to study acting. He worked as a construction worker and made a living in his work. Soon he had the reputation of a responsible and dedicated worker. In the evenings, many went to the theater performances of Habimah and the Ohel. At the outbreak of the bloody riots of 1936 he joined the Association of Guardians and was sent to guard in the Zevulun Valley and the Cossacks-Tivon, where his friends called him “Faininka” (Alma), who was handsome, quiet and refined in his leisure. He was sent to Yokneam in Yokne’am where he met with guard Yoash Zoller, and in the course of their mutual work, the two became friends in the Lev and soul, and they were an example of dedication and pioneering. March 2, 1936 When they were afraid to return from guard duty, members left Look for them and feeling them very dead guard post. It became clear that a large band of Arabs attacked them and they were killed in battle against them. They were buried in a mass grave at the foot of Mount Carmel, near the wells of Yokneam. Some time later transferred the bones laid to rest Sheikh-Wardell.

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