Pollack, Abraham (Alfred)

Son of Rivka and Yosef, was born on December 8, 1919 in Romania, where he completed high school. Avraham immigrated to Israel in 1941 and wanted to join the fighters in the Nazis. Avraham joined the British army, was attached to the Jewish Brigade and fought in Italy. Upon his release he returned to Israel. At the outbreak of the War of Independence, he volunteered for the army, served in the Carmeli Brigade and participated as a saboteur in the battle for Haifa and its conquest. After completing a course in demography and participating in the conquest of Acre, in the battle for Jenin and in the battles in Mishmar Hayarden. He was killed in battle on Tuesday, July 10, 1948, during Operation Brosh to destroy the Syrian bridgehead in the Mishmar Hayarden area, where his burial place is unknown. The Unit for Locating Missing Persons in the IDF found that Abraham was buried in a mass grave with David Avigdor and Avraham Levy in the military cemetery at Rosh Pina, in a grave that is associated with the fallen of Hill 243.