Mann, Baruch

Son of Malka and David, born on the 26th of Tevet 1917 in the town of Praszow, Slovakia, where he graduated from high school in 1936. For three years he was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement and in 1939 he immigrated to Israel. At first he joined Kibbutz Haogen, a few months later he moved to Kibbutz Dan and became a member of the kibbutz, devoted to work and loyal to the company, and his close ties with nature and agriculture. In 1941, the enemy in Europe volunteered for service in the British Army, and when the Jewish Brigade was established, he joined it Ganah. “After returning from his job, he returned to the kibbutz and to work and became the storekeeper of the agriculture – a position he fulfilled with responsibility, dedication and order. The day before the liberation of Haifa, on April 22, 1948, and at that time he was driving the kibbutz car in Wadi Rushmia to handle transporting supplies for the holiday to friends and children, and the enemy’s bullets hit him. In the cemetery in his kibbutz. He left behind him a wife, an animal, and two daughters, Noa and Malka. Kibbutz Dan decided to establish a gymnasium in his name that would reflect his strong spirit, in which the children growing near the border would be educated.