Polishchuk, Meir

Son of-David and Bella, refugees from World War II, who immigrated to Israel in 1949 after their marriage to Germany. Meir was born on November 6, 1950 in Kfar Saba and studied at the Arnon Elementary School in Ramat Gan. As a child, he was a member of the Scouts movement and even though he was talented and intelligent, he was not attracted to his studies. After graduating from elementary school, he insisted on going into practice and learning a profession. Meir chose to study diamond polishing, learned the profession, loved it and even prepared to pay for diamond cutting after serving in the army. Meir enlisted in the IDF in mid-February 1969. The enlistment itself and the service in the Canal area caused a major change, and he began to turn himself in and sometimes he would break into his friends’ conversations and complain that they were dealing with nonsense while boys were being killed in the Canal. He said that the officers and deputy officers who encouraged the soldiers during the difficult hours and Meir admired them very much, because they were people who bore the burden of responsibility and their subordinates could rely on them. There were no barriers between them and Meir was very impressed by this. On May 7, 1970, a few hours before the cease-fire came into effect, Meir fell in the line of duty and was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery.