Lachman, Ephraim-Shraga
Son of Yacht-Bina and Yitzhak-Ya’akov was born on May 25, 1918, in the town of Pizern, Poland. At his parents’ home, he was educated to love Zion and as a child he aspired to immigrate to Eretz Israel. At the age of 12 he was circumcised and forced to stop his studies and help his father support the family. At home he did everything he needed with great skill and skill. When he was 13, the family immigrated to Israel, where he worked in construction. He was very kind and loved by all his co-workers. He loved the work and was devoted to it with all his soul. In his diary he wrote: “The feeling that I act, like every worker in the world, has broadened my Lev and filled him with great joy …” Ephraim Shraga liked to put his thoughts on writing and often wrote and expressed what was in his Lev. He always aspired to learn and to buy opinions. His home in his small neighborhood in Tel Aviv, and also made his own furniture in the hours after his day’s work. He was very active in the neighborhood and carried public and security roles. He served as the mukhtar of the neighborhood and as the local chieftain and was responsible for the local Haganah maintenance. He fulfilled his duties in the Haganah with dedication and devotion. At the beginning of the War of Independence during the attacks on the neighborhoods within the boundaries of Tel Aviv, when most of the residents of the neighborhoods abandoned their places of residence, he remained attached to his duties in defending the place and despite the entreaties of his family did not leave the place. Every night he went out to guard the posts and stayed on duty until the last minute. On the 5th of Tevet 5708 (5.1.1948), during the Arab attack on the Yad Eliahu neighborhood, he hurried to the extreme position to help the defenders and were on duty at the post and his weapon in his hand – penetrated the enemy’s ball into the post and cut off the thread of his life. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak. He was followed by a wife and two small children
