Narcissus, Menahem

Son of Yehuda and Simchah. Born in 1948 in Iraq, Menahem immigrated to Israel with his family in 1948. He completed his elementary studies at the Amiel School in Tel Aviv and then went on to study at the Kadima School for Arab Studies. Was recruited in August 1966 and served in the Navy. Menachem volunteered for submarine service and was ordained as a submarine in June 1967. He went to England and served in the Dakar submarine, but when the submarine was on its way home and found in the sea route between Gibraltar and Haifa, This was on the 24th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968). The Chief Military Rabbinate determined that the date of Menachem’s death, in the course of his duties together with the rest, was on the 30th of Tevet 5728 (30.1.1968). Since Menahem was among the missing members of the team, a memorial monument was placed inside him in the memorial to the Dakar people in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In Eran Shorer’s book “Six Days in Decker,” his picture was presented. On the 28th of June 1999, after years of searching, the INS Dakar submarine was found on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, at a depth of 2,900 meters on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. A space whose burial place is unknown.