Rachik, Aryeh

Son of Sarah and Abraham, was born in Leipzig, Germany, on February 4, 1926. He spent three years there in elementary school (two years during the Nazi regime) until his family immigrated to Palestine in August 1935, The parents settled in Ramatayim, where Aryeh graduated from elementary school and grew up as a Hebrew farmer, who worked in the field for two years, and in the meantime the Second World War reached its brink and he joined the Border Police as a member of the Haganah. “H. He and his brother were among the first volunteers to the Negev Brigade. His places of service – Be’erot Yitzhak, Nir Am, Takuma and Be’eri. Aryeh participated in the occupation of Brayer and was recently among the convoys of convoys in the Negev. On May 31, 1948, a convoy was assembled in the streets to deliver equipment and supplies to the besieged Negev. Aryeh was among the defenders of the convoy, which was bombed from the air. Aryeh was seriously injured, was immediately taken to the local hospital, tortured a few hours later and died. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Ramatayim.