Mittelman, Aryeh
The son of Matilda and Solomon. Born in 1899 in the town of Kozlitz in southern Russia, he immigrated to Israel with his family in 1907. The family settled in Jerusalem and Aryeh began studying at the Lemel elementary school in the city and later studied at the Commercial and Language School which was established in Jerusalem on behalf of the “Ezra” Society. He knew many languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, German, English and French. The outbreak of the First World War threatened the deportation of all nationals of the countries who fought against the Turks. In 1916 Aryeh received a conscription order for the Turkish army, refusing to enlist, leaving the house and finding refuge with his sisters. After the British conquest, Aryeh moved to Tel Aviv and was accepted to work as the secretary of the WZO Committee of the Zionist Organization, which arrived at the same time in 1943. With the establishment of the 40th Battalion of the King’s Brigades, which was nicknamed “the first of Judah”, after his service in the Sinai, the battalion was sent back to Israel and held guard posts in various areas, including the Tzemach area, near the Sea of Galilee. On 18 Nisan, 18 April 1919, he died by drowning while bathing in the Sea of Galilee and was brought to eternal rest in the British military cemetery on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. He left parents, three sisters and a brother. His name was commemorated in the Yizkor book on behalf of the Jabotinsky Institute.
