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Komornik, Yitzhak

Komornik, Yitzhak


Son of Esther and Chaim. He was born on the 5th of Shvat, 5705 (18.1.1915) in the city of a curtain in Poland, and from his childhood he belonged to the Betar youth movement and volunteered to immigrate to Eretz Israel to work and preserve it. In 1934, he was sent to the Beitar school in Zielonki, near Warsaw, under the command of Yirmiyahu Halperin, and was appointed commander of the Betar branch in Danzig and responsible for the local army service unit. He fulfilled his duties with talent, devotion and loyalty. In 1935 he immigrated to Eretz Israel, worked in the quarry and in the building and was a member of the Hapoel sports association. Upon the outbreak of the 1936 riots, he was immediately recruited to serve as a guard and chose to be sent to guard in problematic areas, one of which was Givat Ada, a small and isolated settlement in Samaria On July 10, 1938, The moshavah was sent to repel the assailants and during the mission he was hit by their bullets, and he returned fire from his weapon and did not let go until his last moments, and he was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Givat Ada.

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