Monash, Zvi (Harold)
Son of Goldi and customs, was born on January 1, 1924 in Berlin, the capital of Germany. In his city he attended elementary and high school until he emigrated to the United States in 1936. His departure from Germany was made possible thanks to an American aid company. Until his parents arrived in New York in 1940, he was assisted by relatives. In the years 1939-1943 he studied at a high technical school and graduated with honors as a qualified electrician. In February 1943, he enlisted in the American Army and in July of that year he was transferred to Europe and served as a corporal, and his battalion suffered heavy losses, leaving only fifty men, including him, who volunteered for paratroopers. And was sent back to the United States for a long period of healing, and at the end of his service served as a guard officer in a German POW camp, where he was prepared to immigrate to Eretz Israel and to complete his studies at the Technion in Haifa. He participated in the organization of a youth group that surpassed Onai -mafilim sailed from France and came himself as a student in August 1946. One year attended the Technion in Haifa and the desire to better know the country and joined a kibbutz conditions. At the outbreak of the War of Independence joined the Palmach, served in the “Harel” and sent to the front of Jerusalem. In one of his poems from the days of his youth he expressed the idea that a Jew should not fight as a soldier in foreign armies, but rather for his own homeland. This recognition was sanctified by the death of heroes on the 12th of Nissan 5708 (April 23, 1948). Towards the end of April 1948, a “Yevusi” operation was carried out in the Jerusalem area, intended to create a territorial contiguity within the city and between Jerusalem and the settlements in the north. For the purpose of the operation, the Harel Brigade was transferred to Jerusalem and on April 22-23, its forces attacked Shuafat, Beit Iksa and Nabi Samuel. The force movement to Nebi Samuel took a long time and the assault began at dawn. In the face of the enemy fire, the force was forced to withdraw and in the difficult retreat in broad daylight there were many casualties. In this battle fell. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Anavim. After his fall, he was promoted to lieutenant.
