Morphorgo, Uriel
Son of Emilia and Haim (Ratzeno) was born on April 24, 1942, in the city of Padua, Italy. A descendant of an ancient and well-known family in Italy, which maintains a lineage from 1585 and took an important part in the cultural and scientific life in Italy. On his own initiative and at the initiative of his family, he immigrated to Eretz Israel in January 1940, while he was still young and came to study in Mikvah Israel. After completing his studies, he continued to study and work at the Rehovot Experiment Station, and eventually became a scientific assistant and instructor for children in nature at the “Beit Gordon” in Degania. He also attended a seminar for teachers of the Kibbutz Movement. At the outbreak of the Second World War he tried to enlist in spite of his young age and for that reason “corrected” his documents and was even punished for this and was put in detention by the British. With the energetic mediation of Henrietta Szold, he was released, and only in 1944 was he able to enlist in the Jewish Brigade, where he left a close friend with a friend in Israel with a sign to “open only if I die.” I am proud to sacrifice them and I do not know how to thank fate for giving me this honorable opportunity. “) This is a small example of the letter, which is full of lofty thoughts of an Israeli patriot in Lev and soul: Uriel served in the Brigade in Italy and the Low Countries, “) And was awarded a commendation in the discharge certificate he received in June 1946. He handed this document and the rest of his documents to the refugee, Wanted his name and he remained in Europe until April 1947 and helped to move the survivors. When he returned to Israel he began studying at the Technion and was active in the Haganah. In January 1948, he completed his studies and enlisted, completed a platoon commander’s course and was appointed commander of a class in the Carmeli Brigade, where he demonstrated courage, dedication and discretion and was praised by order of his regiment Uriel was wounded in action by a passenger in Wadi Nisnas in Haifa Despite the resistance of the doctors, he returned from the recovery vacation before his recovery and joined the preparations for the battles for the liberation of Haifa, he fell in battle at the Najada House in Wadi Rushmiyya on April 21, 1948. He was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa His brother Mordechai fell four months later, near the Sde Eliyahu group.
