Amir, son of Dora and Moshe, was born on 27.1.1954 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the son of Yehuda elementary school and continued his elementary studies at the Geula High School in Tel Aviv, in the real-biological track. In the summer of 1972, he passed the matriculation exams. An alert and intelligent child was Amir. From his childhood, he was interested in everything around him, and presented his parents and educators with questions that testified to wisdom and profound thought. At school he was a diligent student, kind to his teachers and loved by his classmates. His friends admit that Adam rarely has a special man like Amir. He disliked injustice and hated hypocrisy. With principles and was able to fight for their fulfillment in his quiet and stubborn way. One of his friends said: “I think that Amir never came into conflict with another person, and when he encountered a friend who did not like him, he retreated or ignored him. Amir’s father said about his son’s delicate and pure soul: “I have never heard Amir raise his voice or turn rudely to anyone.” He was a gifted athlete and spent most of his spare time devoted to various sports activities, playing soccer and basketball, and was a member of the home team. – “Geula” High School, and for a time he played in Tel Aviv’s Elitzur, and he scored well in athletics competitions, excelled in running and long jump competitions and participated in national sports competitions held by high schools. He was devoted to his parents and a loving brother to Aryeh and Arnon, who loved to spend time with his family and helped his children Home sound advice and deed. He was tall lad, strong and handsome, and loved by all who knew him. Amir was drafted into the IDF in early August 1972, was placed in the Armored Corps. After his basic training, he was trained as a platoon commander in the armored infantry unit. “Although he was a typical city boy, a little spoiled and loving, his mother did not hesitate to volunteer for an armored patrol unit, He could remember all the difficulties, but at that moment he remembered his parents, native-born, who told him about the history of the future state, about the difficult moments before independence, and about the bitter hours after the rebirth, Amir was very impressed by his father’s stories and used to say to him: Strong and fateful. These must be wonderful memories. Amir was careful to write to his parents and brothers, and in his letters he asked his dear peace and thanked him repeatedly for the warm home he had grown up in. “Only now, when I left the house, can I appreciate it double “He wrote in another letter:” Thanks to you, I left a person with self-confidence, and I really feel a strong mental upholstery around me. “When he visited his parents’ home on vacations, he always wanted to hear from his family about what happened in his absence. He was modest and quiet, and during his compulsory service he thought of his way of life in civilian life, when he was discharged When the Yom Kippur War broke out Amir was in the midst of a course in reconnaissance patrols. On the 13th of Tishrei 5734 (October 9, 1973), Amir was wounded and killed by an ambush by the Syrians in the village of Buqata, which is located on the Golan Heights. He was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind his parents and two childrenSiblings. The commander of the unit wrote: “Your son, Amir, served in the Armored Corps as a combat soldier and fulfilled his duties in a good and worthy manner, while sacrificing his sacrifice in battle.” A monument to Amir and his 23 friends, who fell on the Golan Heights, was established near Kibbutz Al-Rom in Rama.
