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Nachmias, Shalom (“Miko”)

Nachmias, Shalom (“Miko”)


Jacob’s youngest son and Victoria. He was born on May 1, 1942 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1949, Shalom and his family immigrated to Israel. He studied elementary school at the Ein Karem school and excelled in them. He was smart and cheerful and his personality characterized his personality. He knew how to captivate everyone. Only rarely was there any interest in his cheerful spirits. After graduating from elementary school, he continued high school in Beit Hakerem. Shalom was very active in the Hanoar Haoved movement and in Gadna, loved the landscape of the country and traveled extensively, arranging his photographs in albums, loving Jerusalem with all his soul, and often thinking aloud about liberated Jerusalem and aspiring to see Jerusalem as a whole. And stayed in the framework of the free service at Kibbutz Palmachim, where he linked his future. After completing his advanced training, he was released from the army and married one of Palmachim’s daughters and quickly integrated into kibbutz life. In 1964 he returned to the city and worked at the office automation center, and after a year and a half he was about to become director of the department. From time to time he went to reserve duty and at the outbreak of the Six-Day War called to reserve duty and participated with his platoon in all the cleansing battles that took place on the Nablus-Jerusalem road and as the forces advanced toward the mosque plaza he seized a position near the gate of the American consulate and was injured in the exchange; He fell without seeing the realization of his aspiration for a complete Jerusalem; It was the second day of the fighting, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967). He left a wife and a baby that was not yet full of one year. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In the book “Marinas Gabro” of the Paratroopers Command were brought his history and description of his last battle.

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