Pokorny, Meir (Hans)

Son of-Giza and Richard-Raphael, was born on September 4, 1925, in Vienna, the capital of Austria. From his childhood, he was educated in the spirit of Zionism and in his aspiration for Eretz Israel, and immigrated to Israel with his parents. He studied for a year and a half at a vocational school of the Youth Aliyah in Talpiot in Jerusalem, and later specialized in the production of musical instruments, especially violin making. He loved music and played well and studied music in a theoretical and profound way. From his youth he was active in the Haganah. In 1942 he served as a guard. With the outbreak of the War of Independence he volunteered immediately, served in the Givati ​​Brigade and served as a machine gunner. Was full of national duty and his mother, whose only son was Meir, said: “You have to suffer like the rest of the mothers. On the 12th of Adar 2, 5708 (March 21, 1948), he was sent from his base in Be’er Tuvia to the aid of Nitzanim, who was besieged by an Arab gang under British command, but when he hurried to rescue nine surrounded members who were stuck in a armored vehicle, He was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Be’er Tuvia.