Miller, Shlomo

Son of Luba and Zosia. He was born on February 15, 1924, in Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha, where he studied at the PICA elementary school and continued his high school studies at the Max Payne vocational school in Tel Aviv. Shlomo had technical talents and was already prominent as a leader of the children’s company. He was joined by spirit and deeds and with them the love of the land and the concern for its safety and security. In the early 1940s, he volunteered for the Palmach and the new members of the resistance movement. He participated in the anti-British struggle of the Haganah, such as the attack on the mobile police in Sarona, the Night of the Bridges, etc. In the spring of 1947, the number of attacks and the murder of Jews by armed Arab gangs increased in the moshavot of Sharon, the South and Samaria. On May 18, 1947, armed Arabs, identified as gang members, were seen gathering in the area of ​​the Swarki Arab encampment (today – the “occupation zone” near Petah Tikva). This area was also identified by the police dogs as the concentration and exit point for attacks by these gangs. The Haganah then decided to send a squad of its members to catch the rioters and a shootout ensued. In this battle, Shlomo stormed first and was wounded in the head. He was taken to the Beilinson Hospital where he died of his wounds on May 20, 1947. He was first buried in the cemetery in Givat Hashlosha and was later laid to rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Einat, “No one has a hand there, no heroes there,” he said. “He did not survive, he did not wear armor.