Leon, Eliyahu

Son of Yehudit and Vidal. He was born on June 20, 1930 in Salonika, Greece. When he was one and a half years old, he was orphaned from his father who was murdered in anti-Semitic riots in the city. After a while, his mother remarried and in 1933 the family immigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where Eliyahu graduated from Yesod HaMa’ala. He was known as a diligent student and spent his free time active in sports, but spent most of his time and energies devoted to activities in Hashomer Hatza’ir, the youth movement he joined, and he joined the Haganah. In mid-November 1946, after clashes with the army following a mass demonstration in response to the British Foreign Secretary’s anti-Zionist proclamation of the 13th of the month, the British declared a curfew in Tel Aviv. On the 11th of Kislev (15.11.1945) Eliyahu went to a position called to him and in the evening encountered two of his friends. Two British soldiers opened fire on them and Eliyahu was killed on the spot. He was brought to rest in Nahalat Yitzhak. He left parents and a brother. His name was immortalized in the “Corps” booklet.