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Nachmani, Maimon

Nachmani, Maimon

Son of Sultana (Malka) Asher, was born on February 2, 1927 in Safed, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel on October 10, 1935. He studied at the Alliance School in Jerusalem, worked as an expert printing mechanic and supported the family. As a member of Hanoar Haoved, he spent a short time in training at Kibbutz Revivim and from the age of 15. He was a member of the Haganah at the beginning of the War of Independence and served in the army in the vicinity of Jerusalem and accompanied the armored personnel carriers to Mount Scopus with supplies and ammunition. Hadassah and the besieged university Once the armored vehicle he was traveling in was attacked with four other escorts, who returned fire and fought valiantly for two hours, his four friends fell and he remained alone, A week later, he lay wounded in the hospital and then returned to his position in the Moriah Battalion, injured and fell in a mortar explosion in the Schneller camp in Jerusalem on the 24th of Iyar 5708 (2.6) 1948) was buried in Sheik-Bader A. His brother ReuSon of fell two weeks before him in the last battle in Kfar Etzion on September 10, 1950. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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