Lavi, Amnon
Son of Zvi and Arena. He was born on March 8, 1937 in Kibbutz Sarid. He was sensitive and imaginative. Aware of what was going on in the world and among his people, and out of this interest he read the newspapers a lot. From his youth he stood out with his courage; On each trip he volunteered to be one of the first to fulfill difficult tasks and in the meantime to help all the weak and weak. This was especially apparent when the British besieged the farm; Then Amnon and some of his friends broke through the quarantine, slipped out of the house, bypassed the soldiers’ patrols, and rushed to their little farm to feed the animals there. He was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement and was a good friend of his students, but at the same time he was not one of the waivers in his demands because he himself served as a model and an example. In 1954, he was drafted into the IDF and even wore the wings of a parachutist. In the service, too, he was thirsty and eager to study, as his last letter to his home (written four days before he fell) showed, in which he requested reading books, including “a serious book of learning mathematics.” His commanders admired him, because he did everything with dedication. The training was indeed “monotonous,” as he described it, but during his days of service, when he longed to live at home and go back to working in the cowshed, he knew that he had to do his duty fully and said, “I have to go through this – no matter what!” On August 31, 1955, he fell in a raid on the Khan Yunis police station – one of the first burglars, a position he deserved as an outstanding soldier. Was brought to rest in the cemetery at Sarid Farm. A pamphlet called Amnon appeared in his memory. In Sarid’s educational institution, “Beit Amnon” was established, which includes a reading-room for the students of the institution and a pedagogical library for both apprentices and teachers. The new Mapam House in Kiryat Hayim, a library named for him and his memory, was established in the book “
