Leibowitz, Simha

Son of Sara and Moshe, was born on December 7, 1923, in Poland, in the city of Lodz. Was among those who were uprooted because of the war and decrees imposed on the Jews. Simha found the way to the partisans and experienced many hardships but could. At the end of the war he went on the “escape route” and from Italy he immigrated to Israel (presumably in 1947) and worked as a laborer in a candy factory. At the outbreak of the War of Independence, he enlisted immediately. Fought in Beit Dagon and Hulda, participated in the raid on Majdal and in the Ashdod system. Simcha served in the Givati ​​Brigade, a division composed of former partisans, and with great courage he acted occasionally on his own, and the commander did not know whether to scold him for not waiting for the order, or praise him for his courage. Upon the renewal of the fighting after the first truce, his company captured Tel a-Safi, took part in a defensive operation on the spot, and stood up against the enemy. In one of these attacks, on July 9, 1948, he was wounded and died of his wounds on Thursday, July 12, 1948. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Petah Tikva.