Mitwach, Hannah-Hedy

Daughter of Frida and Uri (Felix), was born on February 10, 2525 in Berlin, the capital of Germany. She attended high school in Berlin and graduated from high school in Amsterdam, where she received training as a translator. In 1944, immediately after her release from a Nazi prison camp, she immigrated to Israel. Her bitter experience as a detainee in the horrors camp left its mark on her and she began to think about the value of human life and gave her opinion of the duty of helping all who needed it. Chana-Hedy joined the department of the late Dr. Leonid Dolzansky at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and with dedication and loyalty worked as a laboratory technician at the Cancer Research Institute under his direction. In her spare time she was engaged in sports and music. From the day she arrived in Israel she was a member of the Haganah. On April 13, 1948, with the convoy of university workers and Hadassah, the road to Mount Scopus passed through the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Upon the outbreak of the war, the movement was allowed to mount in convoys secured by the army The convoy arrived at Mount Scopus after the British promised that the road was open and safe The convoy encountered an Arab ambush in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and hundreds of Arabs hurled fierce fire at it, some of the vehicles managed to get out and return, but two buses An ambulance and armored escort were caught in an ambush for many hours, and the convoy tried to prevent the Arabs from approaching the vehicles. Pim and armored vehicles sent to the area were unable to assist the convoy, but the British army forces intervened and did nothing to help, despite the appeals to them.In the afternoon the Arabs managed to set fire to two buses on their passengers. Only late in the evening did the British intervene and rescue the survivors from the trapped vehicles. Hannah was among the fallen. Was brought to rest in a mass grave in the Sanhedria cemetery in Jerusalem.