Levin, Shraga

Son of Sarah and Meir, was born on 27.4.1929 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1934. After completing elementary school, he was forced to stop his studies and help his parents at work. Because he aspired to kibbutz life, he worked in Beit Zera and was a member of Kibbutz Revadim in Gush Etzion. In the day he worked in agriculture and filled organizational positions. And at night he paid for his studies. He was active in the Palmach, and was sent to the Givati ​​Brigade after the outbreak of the War of Independence and was one of the defenders of Kibbutz Nitzanim, after the progress of the column was halted The Egyptian attack on the Egyptian border near Ashdod left Kibbutz Nitzanim behind, and the Egyptians understood that this point could serve as the basis for the activity of our forces in the rear and therefore concentrated considerable force in order to conquer it. The Egyptians increased the shelling and even activated planes that bombed the agriculture and caused heavy damage In this battle he and his friend Bezalel Zolotov fell on the 29th of Iyar 5708 (7.6.1948), on the cover of the retreat of their comrades on the day of the surrender of Nitzanim before the Egyptians. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Nitzanim.