Rainer, Hillel

Was born on February 20, 1926. He immigrated to Israel in 1933 and settled with his parents in Ramat Gan, where he completed seven school classes and joined the Hanoar Haoved movement “And at an older age he worked as a” fire brigade “and helped save lives and property. A year later he was sent by the PID to the Nutras and served until 1946. He served as the bodyguard of President Weizman for a short while in 1947. In 1947 he learned the profession of plumbing and worked for a while with his father, He moved from the infantry brigade to the combat brigade, the Alexandroni Brigade, and was later sent to an officers’ course in Netanya. Hillel participated in the battles for Selma and Tel Litvinsky (Tel Hashomer). Fell on Wednesday, 13.5.1948, a day before the declaration of the state, in battle for Arab Kfar Saba, three weeks after he received the rank of officer, his body remained on the battlefield and did not come to the grave of Israel. A monument in his memory was erected at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and the space is a macaloon – a space whose burial place is unknown.