Mirs, Bruno

Son of David (Gaston) and Hanna (Ines). Born in Florence, Italy, on January 6, 1933, he moved to Egypt with his family and in Alexandria, Egypt, graduated from an English college and studied in a French Jewish school, and in 1951 immigrated to Israel and joined a family that immigrated a year earlier Therefore, he lived in Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, although he came to Ein-Hamifratz from another world and a stranger, but soon he found paths to the Lev of every person and without the means in which he acquired the hearts of all the members, the barriers fell and close friendships formed, He was burdened with various tasks in the kibbutz and in miluim, he was able to listen attentively to others, to take into account human weaknesses and to demand what he could In August 1953, he was drafted into the IDF and served in the Nahal Brigade, and was among the veteran and most experienced shluchim, who underwent advanced training and then a long course of agricultural mechanics. In 1964, Ein-Hamifratz was sent to Rehovot to complete his studies at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University. Where he specialized in various field crops. When he completed his studies, he returned to being a supervisor in the cotton fields of the kibbutz, and in the kibbutz he was devoted to every role he was given. Was known to all as a man with a good Lev, a cheerful and loyal friend, a devoted son to his parents and a beloved husband of his family. After his regular service he went to reserve service when he was called to him and so continued until the day they fell. On the eve of the Six-Day War called to reserve duty and belonged to the unit of the Armored Corps and in the battle that took place in the Valley of Dotan in the West Bank on the 28th of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), the third day of the battles, the jeep he was in was ambushed by Jordanian snipers And so he died; From the beginning he served as a liaison in a jeep, but after the driver was injured in a previous combat he moved to the driver’s position and at the time of the operation he fell. left a wife and three daughters, and Katana, when they were not two years old when her father fell. He was brought to rest on Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz. On the second anniversary of his death, the kibbutz opened a study room and music dedicated to his memory. In this room one can delve into science books and enjoy music-sounds that were so close to Bruno. Yedioth Ahronoth published the “Yediot Hashavua” newsletter, which was published by the kibbutz in memory of the “thirty” of its fallen. In a pamphlet issued by his comrades-in-arms in memory of the heroes of the “Barak” Brigade, his name was immortalized. In the booklet “From Them”, published by the Kibbutz Artzi in memory of his comrades, the fallen battle, his name was remembered and remembered. A few pages were devoted to him in the book “Nizkor”, published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its student union, edited by Yehuda Ha-Ezrahi.