Longsfelder, Gershon

Son of Hedwig and Paul. Gershon was born on March 3, 1919 in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to Austria in 1938. After the German invasion of Austria in 1938, he immigrated to Eretz Israel in an illegal immigration organized immediately after the Nazis invaded the Betar movement. Gershon joined the Betar company in Akron, but was forced to leave when his parents immigrated, and Gershon enlisted in the British Mandate for two years at the Dead Sea, where he moved to the northern border. A police officer who joined the CID in Jerusalem in the department against the Communists, and Gershon was transferred to the Petach Tikva police station where he served until the establishment of the state. Later he moved to Ramat Gan and worked at the national headquarters in Tel Aviv, where he held various positions. Among other things, he was in charge of Interpol, on certificates of integrity, served in the border police at the Lod airport, and after the Eichmann trial he was attached to the Department for the Investigation of Nazi Criminals as deputy head of the department. After the death of Liff, Liff was appointed to be in charge of the platoon, where he served until his death. During his service, Gershon participated in an intelligence course, officers’ course in Shfaram, and a course for senior officers. He was fluent in Hebrew, German and English, and sometimes served as an interpreter. On the 15th of Kislev 5737 (15.12.1976), Chief Superintendent Gershon died after a Lev attack. Fifty-seven years old. He was buried in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, Tel Aviv. Left wife and daughter.