Orlitzky, Ignatz (“Itzik”)
Son of Leon and Christina. He was born on May 5, 1951 in Warsaw, Poland, and immigrated to Israel in 1957. He studied at the AD Gordon elementary school and despite the difficulties of language and new society, Itzik quickly assimilated and acquired He fought for justice and against injustice and did not hesitate to say to the teacher: “But the teacher is a teacher, a teacher, a teacher, a teacher, a teacher, a teacher and a teacher. , It’s not fair. . “He was an outstanding student and yet found time to play sports and various ball games, but mostly loved the sea and swimming, and was a member of the” Zevulun ” He joined the IDF in the middle of July 1969. Although he underwent flying tests and was accepted for a course, he decided to work in the army and asked for a transfer to the Ordnance Corps. He has undergone many courses, such as an electrician course and a tank electrician course. Thanks to his faithful and devoted work, his commanders decided to send him to an officer’s course. Itzik successfully completed an officers’ course and an ordnance officers course, and joined the career army. Itzik loved the army and invested all his energy in it, working nights and days, fulfilling his duties with honors and winning the high esteem of his superiors, after serving for a while in a workshop near Haifa, Was transferred to the Golan Heights as a technical officer in a regional workshop and commander of the armored combat vehicle division, during which he was awarded the “Operational Service Mark.” On April 22, 1973, Lieutenant Ignatz fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His commander, who later fell in the Yom Kippur War, wrote in a letter of condolence to the family: “Itzik arrived at our unit only a short time ago, and he did not know how to achieve his achievements.
