Plotnicki, David (Dudik)

Son of Gisia and Moshe, was born on November 18, 1926 in Tel Aviv to a family of workers during the Second Aliyah. His father was one of the founders of Montefiore. He was forced to work and work in order to help his parents’ home, and the burden on him had grown since he was 15 years old, when he was sleeping from his father. Was a construction worker. With the outbreak of the War of Independence after the United Nations General Assembly decided to partition the country into two states, he joined the Golani Brigade upon its founding and took part in all the battles in the area, as well as the liberation of Tiberias and the conquest of Tzemach, the Syrians invaded the Jordan Valley on May 16, 1948, On May 18, the Syrians launched an attack on a plantation with the help of artillery and tanks, and our forces did not resist the intensity of the Syrian attack, first the town of Tzemah and eventually the police station, and the defenders retreated under Syrian fire towards Degania. After many heroic acts in the positions of the “Fiat” (anti-tank launcher) in retreat from Zemach, on the 9th of Iyar 5708 (18.5.1948) Rest in the military cemetery in Degania Aleph.