Ofir, Zvi

Son of Tzipa and Moshe (Morris) was born on the 24th if Iyar, May 2, 1922, in Poland, in the city of Pisciaz near Biala Podlaska, in the Lublin district. When the Nazis invaded Poland he was uprooted from his home. He was 16 years old, fled to Russia and joined the Red Army. During the war, he joined the Polish army of General Anders and through Teheran reached Palestine in 1941. Zvi deserted from the Polish army to join the Jewish companies in the British Army. As a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, he reached Poland and tried in vain to find traces of his family. When he returned to Palestine and was discharged from the British army, he knew clearly that he was not released until the homeland was liberated. Responded to her first call and served in the Golani Brigade. On July 9, 1948, our forces attacked the village of Lubia, the attack did not succeed, and the force retreated, leaving her fiancée, who told her to marry, on the day of the 14th of Tammuz 5708 (July 21, 1948) , Was brought to rest in the cemetery in Mishmar Ha’emek.