Pascal, Adrian

Adrian, son of Fanny and Henick, was born on July 20, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania, where he studied at the Troische Elementary School in Bucharest and at the August 23 vocational high school in the Technical Drawing Department. Adrian, or Nano, as they called him in the family circle, was a favorite and loved child. From childhood he excelled in everything he did. In high school he won the chess championship in chess, and the local press even pointed out him as a brilliant chess player for the future. He was also an outstanding athlete, especially in the basketball field. After completing his studies, he worked for two years as a technical technician at one of the largest institutions in Bucharest, a job he loved very much. In 1964 he immigrated to Israel with his family and with his childhood friend, Hermina, and since he was not allowed to work in his profession, he began to work as a mechanic. Adrian was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of April 1964 and assigned to the Artillery Corps, where he took a course in regiments and a naval course. As part of his service he participated in the Six-Day War, and his friends tell him that he was a more enthusiastic patriot than the sabras. His service in the army seemed to him a sacred obligation, and he always urged his friends to do their work efficiently and with love. At the end of June 1967, when his release came, he returned to his previous job as a mechanic. In 1965 he married his girlfriend Hermina, and in 1970 they had a son named Oded. His wife says: “Adrian was a wonderful husband and a loving father, he was very dedicated to the child and to the house and was a husband and father, for example, his memory will never be forgotten from my Lev, my son’s Lev, the Lev of his parents, the Lev of his sister and the Lev of everyone who knew him.” During the Yom Kippur War, he served as a noncommissioned officer on the southern front, on October 20, 1973. During the fierce battles in the “Chinese farm” area, he was hit and killed and brought to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery on September 18, 1974. He left behind a wife and a son, a father, a mother and a sister, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. In his memory, the family donated a tablecloth, a menorah, candlesticks and a Torah case, which were put into the regional synagogue in the area.