Kowalski, Israel-Eliezer (Srulik)

Son of Hinda and Haim, was born on July 27, 1929 in Jerusalem. In his home he was educated in the spirit of tradition and after completing eight classes in a religious school he studied frameworks and plumbing and worked with his father. As a boy he joined the Haganah and during this service he traveled extensively throughout the country, and despite his parents’ fears about the British Inquisition, he kept and studied many forbidden maps and diagrams. His ambition was to explore the world and become an engineer, and in the meantime he gave vent to his thoughts and desires in writing a diary, lost in battle, and writing poems that remained in his parents’ home. When he began the War of Independence, he enlisted in full service in the Hagia, in the company of the Mechmas battalion of the Etzioni Brigade and was known as one of the daring trio of his company, and he did not accept the plea of ​​the mother, Israel-Eliezer participated in all the battles in the area, in arnona, in the source of life, etc., and when he sometimes visited the house and his appearance testified to his fatigue and his mother asked him to rest a bit, He would reply: “Now there is no time to rest” – and returned to service He shot to Hartuv and in this action fell on the 25th of Adar 2, 5708 (18.3.1948). He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem. On the 26th of Elul 5711 (26.9.1951) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.