Meisler, Giora

Giora, son of Fania and David, was born on May 18, 1954 in the city of Lvov in the Soviet Union. At the age of four he immigrated with his parents to Israel and the family settled in Jerusalem. Giora studied at the Luria Elementary School, where he graduated from the Hebrew University High School, where he completed his studies, and in the fourth grade he joined the Modi’in tribe and throughout the period His high school education was a guide in various battalions, one of the Lapid battalions was named after him, and he was characterized by his developed sense of humor, which made him easily absorbed in every society he found himself in. In the summer of 1972, Giora thought of serving with his comrades in the Nahal Brigade, but he changed his mind and chose to be a tankist in all the courses and courses he participated in , Completed a course for tank commanders and rose to the rank of sergeant, but he did not leave the framework of the Armored Corps School, and the Yom Kippur War broke out and Giora was sent immediately to the Sinai front to take part in the bloody battles. But it is assumed that he fell on the day after the outbreak of the war on October 7, 1973. But according to the testimony of one of his comrades, we may have escaped the tank and continued to fight Several days. Giora was declared missing. It was only in the summer of 1975, when bodies of dead were returned from Egypt, that it was identified and brought for a final rest on Mount Herzl. Left parents and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. Shortly before the outbreak of the war, during his last vacation at home, Giora spoke about his plans after completing his regular army service. He wanted to start university studies. The parents commemorated Giora by establishing a scholarship fund in his name at the Hebrew University, and his memoirs appeared in a booklet published by the tribe of Modi’in in memory of his graduates who fell in the Yom Kippur War.