Rabinowitz, Tanchum

Son of Ida and Eliyahu. He was born in 1919 in Stolpice, Novogrudek, Poland. His parents’ home was saturated with an atmosphere of culture and education, and already in his childhood he had distinguished himself in his talents with dedication to the family and friendships with friends. In his youth, he joined the Brit Trumpeldor youth movement, worked for the establishment of the Alliance branch in his city and later became the branch commander, and later completed his studies in a major course of Beitar for branch visitors, and later served as a visitor in many branches After the conquest of the eastern part of Poland by the Russians at the outbreak of World War II, the activities of Betar became underground, and Tanchum began to smuggle members of his movement from the Russian territory to the city of Vilna, and when Vilna was conquered by the Russians he managed to escape. From it and on hard and dangerous roads – from Poland to Russia Du arrived in Eretz Israel in 1941. Not long afterwards he enlisted in the British units of the British Army (“Baps”) and was an active member of the secretariat of the soldiers of the National Movement’s conscripts and served as a liaison between the ” And carried out a transfer of British weapons from his unit to the underground warehouses. In the struggle for Hebrew life, the Hebrew-Jewish identity of the Jewish units in the foreign army, the flag, and the Hebrew symbol were also mentioned: “At least to one thing, I want to win, not to fall and the symbol of anonymity.” On the 15th of March 1945, when he returned from a tour – the third tour to which he volunteered in one week – he was accidentally shot in the leg and spent several days fighting for his life at home (March 22, 1945), died of his wounds and was buried in a military cemetery near this city. He was twenty-six when he died. About two months before his death, a news item from Vilna reached him that only his older sister had remained in the family of the Nazis. An investigation conducted in 2017 found that the date of his fall was 21/03/1945, the fifth of Nisan 1945. Location of grave IV.A.6 Unit Palestine Regiment.