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Nortman , Shmuel-Ya’akov (Shmulik)

Nortman , Shmuel-Ya’akov (Shmulik)


Son of Leah and Noah, was born on August 28, 2121 in Sosnowiec, Poland to a well-to-do family. He aspired to higher education and graduated from high school at the age of 18, when war broke out and uprooted him. He managed to cross the Russian border secretly, but there he was held in labor camps and released only when he joined the Anders Army after the Stalin-Sikorski agreement. With this anti-Semitic army he arrived in Israel in 1942, deserted his weapon and immediately enlisted in the Nutras, where he served for more than five years. Only at the end of 1947 did he take off his uniform, move to civilian life, work in the British army camp, and his position was used to buy weapons and ammunition in large quantities for the Haganah. His enlistment in the IDF. Was among the convoy escorters and the guards on the isolated points. After enlisting in the army, he was offered a position in the rear, as a reward for his many services, and he was about to join a combat unit. He was placed in the Carmeli Brigade, was attached to Mageni Sejera, where he fell on Tuesday, June 10, 1948. He was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Afula.

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