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Neri (Vizen) Pinchas

Neri (Vizen) Pinchas


Was born on November 21, 1929, in the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and was educated in a national-traditional spirit of pioneering and striving for the Land of Israel, and in March 1932 he immigrated to Eretz Israel with his parents, agricultural. Pinchas attended the local elementary school and spent one year at the Gymnasium in Kfar Sava. From childhood, he was connected to the farm, specialized in all branches, and worked in the responsible jobs in the orchard as an adult and expert laborer, in irrigation, pruning, spawning, picking, packing and other works. Be punctual and responsible. Because he took care of his hard-working parents, he tried to ease the burden of work on them, and on Saturdays he took upon himself all the work of the farm to release them for this day. When he was 14 he joined the Haganah and was active in it. He took courses and training and participated enthusiastically in the underground activities of the Palmach during the struggle against the British, including immigration to and defense of immigration, immigration of immigrants, etc. Due to the poor condition of the parents, he stopped his studies at the Gymnasium and studied the work of polishing diamonds. He was a well-known writer in his surroundings and known as a “bookmaker.” He read a lot of new and classical literature, especially in the history of literature, Jewish history, and Jewish studies. His last life was a lecture on various chapters and topics In which every Friday the club movement. Pinchas was a gentle man, loved his parents and cared for them as much as he could, and his concern was also expressed in his last letters. With the outbreak of the War of Independence he was one of the first recruits, and in December 1947 he went with the Palmach to Na’an, where he took part in escorting the convoys and the first large convoy that penetrated through Jerusalem. Who took part in the battles of Kafr Shuafat and Sheikh Jarrah, who was captured and taken out of the army two days later by armed and malicious intervention by the British, and at the Battle of Qatamon, and after the medic was wounded, He specialized in this and even fell in this position during the battle “Maccabi” on the way Mir Tel Aviv, on the second of Iyar 5708 (May 11, 1948). He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Anavim

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