Nahir (Nekhauser), Ilan (“Lani”)

Son of Ze’ev and Henrietta. He was born on May 13, 1951 in Tel Aviv and studied at the Tel Nordoi Elementary School and the Municipal High School, both in Tel Aviv, where he enjoyed physical activity in various sports and was a member of the national team. Of the Volleyball School and liked swimming and cycling, and he liked to travel a lot and enjoyed the nature outdoors, and during most of his studies he excelled at studying and even dreamed of continuing his medical studies. He was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1969 and assigned to the Armored Corps. Despite his physical limitations, he did everything he had to do and overcame all the difficulties in carrying out his duties, because a strong spirit of volunteerism permeated him and he had faith in the justice of the State of Israel’s struggle. On the 28th of Tammuz 5707 (July 28, 1970), he fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. On the day of his downfall he was promoted. Ilan’s commander wrote in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, among other things: “The framework of a course is difficult and exhausting, and at this time of stress and stress man is revealed in essence. At this time, Ilan was found to be superior. He reached its peak when he was appointed deputy to his commander during operational activity two weeks ago. His dedication, ability and maturity, and above all, the confidence placed in him by his commanders and mentors, were revealed in this role. It was not easy for Ilan to reach this point because of the struggle with you and your anxiety for him, the struggle for his physical disabilities, his low physical ability at first. But his spirit was supported by faith in his powers, the feeling of “there are no others to do it” and the desire to do the better than others. From you grew up Ilan and you drew his faith and devotion. He wrote to his parents after his fall: “I did not know Ilan for a long time, as the commander of his department in the course of the” I met him for the first time in an introductory interview at the beginning of the course, after his company returned from direct activity to the apprenticeship. He seemed more serious and closed to us than the guys around him. We were later discovered as a thinking young man, gifted with the strength of willingness and good friends and also as a moderating factor, which helped us commanders as well. He was a serious guy at work, gaining trust very quickly, a reliable guy. He filled every order until the last comma. – – for his physical difficulties did not complain, although he had a reason for it. He wanted to continue on the path he had chosen, the harder way, gnashing his teeth and continuing. When he was forced to ask for his release, there was a kind of apology in the eyes of the request as if they had been exhausted. In that interview he was candid about his situation in general and his fitness in particular. We smiled back; ‘He’ll get better; Do not worry!’ And he did. Ilan got into the rhythm of work properly and we saw that here was a good soldier and a good commander for the future, and we all hoped to see him continue on his right foot on his way to the IDF. We all knew Ilan too well and appreciated him as a man and a soldier too much to forget him. Words try to keep alive as Ilan would have liked you to go – and many more like him in Israel and the IDF. You have something to be proud of. “In the 1930s, a memorial assembly was held at the Fifth High School, where the principal, educator, family friend and his classmates talked about Ilan, his personality and characteristics. With appreciation for him. High School, where Ilan studied, adopted the community of Krakow, the city of origin of his parents. On the occasion of Memorial Day for the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto, there is a meetingEvery year, a memorial ceremony is held in which the deceased’s scholarship is awarded to a high school graduate. The scholarship was donated by the New Cracow Friendship Society – each year a traveling trophy, donated by the family, is divided into the winning group In the volleyball championship of high school H. Ilan is one of the youth players of “Maccabi North” in tennis The Israel Tennis Organization (ATS) holds a final competition on the Independence Day of the State of Israel and part of the Independence Day Shield in memory and honor of Israeli tennis players Who were killed in Israel’s wars, including in memory of Ilan.In April 1972, an ambulance was donated by the Association of Krakow Immigrants in New York to MDA, which was dedicated to Ilan’s memory.