Polski, Moshe (Moishele)
Son of Miriam and Ze’ev, was born on October 10, 1925 in the city of Mihov, Poland. When he was 4 months old, you were married to his father. As a child, he immigrated to Israel with his family. The family settled in Tel Aviv where Moshe finished elementary school. He began working as an emissary at the center of a health fund to support his widowed mother, excelled in his work, and rose to the rank of department secretary. He attended evening classes at the Matriculation High School and received his London matriculation certificate. Moshe dreamed of becoming an attorney and studying at the School of Law and Economics. He was an apprentice and counselor in Hanoar Haoved, a member of the “Young Guard” of the Palestine Workers’ Party and organizer of its study group. In 1942 he joined the Haganah and took a commanding course, and when the War of Independence broke out, he stopped his studies, enlisted and served as an officer in the Givati Brigade. Afterward, he trained new recruits in Sharona. Moshe refused to take up an administrative position and demanded that he be transferred to a combat unit. He participated in the battles of Majdal, Julis, Nitzanim, Ashdod, Yavne, etc. He was a gentle lad who, according to his friends, “was not a hero among them, but proved himself a hero.” During the conquest of Tel a-Safi on the 9th of Tammuz 5708 (9.7.1948) and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak. After his fall, he was promoted to lieutenant. After they fell, the outpost, which he fought for, was named after him: “Moshe’s outpost.”
