Polkovsky, Zelig-Wolf (Sallie)

Son of Mindel and Shmuel, was born on August 8, 1962 in Berlin, the capital of Germany to parents from Poland. When he was nine years old, he joined the Young Maccabee movement and was one of its leaders. Was very devoted to the Zionist idea and continued to work for the movement even after being arrested in Germany after the Nazis came to power. In 1938 he went on a pioneering training program and in April 1939 immigrated to Eretz Israel. Was immediately accepted to the Tietz vocational school in Yagur. In 1941 he volunteered for the British Army. Several times he was awarded medals for excellence, including the “Star of Africa” ​​on behalf of the Eighth Brigade and with Yesod Hahayal, a member of the Jewish Brigade. At the end of the war, he went to Holland, then to Belgium, where he worked for the Haganah, and his brother, who was miraculously saved from the Nazi torture camp, moved to America and tried To bring Sally there, but he replied that there was no land for him except for Palestine, with the outbreak of the War of Independence following the UN General Assembly resolution on partition Land into two states, he enlisted and served in the “encouraged”. Sali fell in battle during Operation Brosh to destroy the Syrian bridgehead in Mishmar Hayarden on July 10, 1948, and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Rosh Pina. In his last letter to his brother, he wrote: “We believe in victory and Another way we will win. “After his fall, he was promoted to lieutenant.