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Kramher (Sagi), Amikam

Kramher (Sagi), Amikam


Son of Lewis and Berta. He was born on 28/9/1948 in Haifa during the truce that was in the War of Independence. Until the age of 18, Amikam grew up in an atmosphere of the IDF, because his father served as a lieutenant colonel in the regular army, his mother was a member of the Betar labor company, worked for a while in Rosh Pina and later became one of the founders of the colony of Nahariya. Therefore, it will be understood that Amikam absorbed a spirit of volunteerism and patriotism in his home. From his youth he was a very awake child with qualities of leadership. His friends always admired him and he had a protector and a leader. From an early age he was active in the Scouts movement and was among the Scouts of the Reali School. He attended the “Chaya Ziv” elementary school and the “Hugim” high school in Haifa. Amikam took part in the four-day march, played football in the Gadna, played soccer, played soccer, He crossed the Sea of ​​Galilee three times and devoted his leisure time to basketball and volleyball. He also liked collecting stamps, playing the piano and swimming. He also found time for social activities and worked extensively in guiding youth in Haifa. When he was seventeen years old, after finishing his 11th year studies, he took advantage of his vacation to sail to Europe, where he received the position of cadet-mechanic on the merchant ship Nahariya, based on a diploma from the Technical Institute for Youth, where he studied electronics, mechanics and electricity. Before joining the army, he was a member of the Nahal Brigade, which joined Kibbutz Gonen and fulfilled the role with devotion and love. Amikam was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1966. At first he served in a Nahal unit and was later transferred to the Armored Corps. Before the Six-Day War he served six weeks on Mount Scopus and during the war himself participated in the conquest of Nablus and battles in the Golan Heights. Afterward he served for half a year in the Suez Canal. After completing his officers’ training course, he served as an armored officer, serving as an infantry officer, serving as a lieutenant in the period of his service, and in the period following his discharge from the army to the beginning of his studies at the Hebrew Technion in Haifa. Who had been acquainted with him since his studies, when he was preparing for the entrance exams to the Technion, and when he was accepted he was admitted to the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, where he married a wife On vacations he joined as a guide for trips and trips by the ” Circles. “He was always willing to help others and his friends loved him and trusted him, never shirked responsibility and always fulfilled his duty In his second year of studies at the Technion, during his reserve duty, his vehicle boarded a mine on the northern border, on the 27th of Nissan 5736 (26.3.1972), ten days after he was wounded, died of his wounds and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa Put a wife down.

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