Poticha, Yehuda (redhead)

Son of Lifsha and Yitzhak
Was born on July 7, 1929, in Lodz, Poland, and immigrated to Israel in July 1935. Yehuda studied at Bialik Elementary School and completed the commercial high school in Tel Aviv. was a good student, especially in history and economics, he was always ready to help his friends who had difficulty in their studies. When the War of Independence broke out, he was in a service year in Manara, where he was one of the initiators of the ideas . He took an active part in the kibbutz debates and spiritual life. Yehuda participated in various activities in the vicinity, in ambushes and in securing the road. Was killed on August 31, 1948, when he was sent with reinforcements to the Sheik Abed outpost that controls Manara, who was caught by the gangs and volunteered to enter the enemy territory in order to remove a friend who was injured. After eight days, he was brought to Manara with the intervention of UN officers, and there he was buried on the 20th of Tishrei, 5701 (October 1, 1950), and was transferred to the Nahalat Yitzhak Military Cemetery.