Rechman, Arie (Liuba)

Son of Tzila and Mendel. He was born on April 17, 1908 in Russia, and with the outbreak of the First World War he moved with his family to Latvia. When he grew up he was sent to study electrical and radio engineering in Germany, and after graduating he returned to Latvia. Upon his return, he joined a training group and in 1929 immigrated to Eretz Israel. In Israel he joined a group that prepared itself for joining the kibbutz. After its formulation, the nucleus moved to Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, where Aryeh did various work and when the work began drying the patient was called to work in the drying project as an engineer and planner. In his time, Dr. Verber wrote: “… Lyuba joined Kibbutz Kfar Giladi in spite of his economic independence, being based as a qualified engineer for machines and electricity. He wanted this way to give his share and his life to the building of the land … Being a man of courage and dynamism, he worked with exemplary peace of mind in a hostile environment, in constant danger. But he did not retreat, neither from the difficulties of the field nor from the enemy. “On October 17, 1938, Aryeh set out for work in the Jordan estuary, with a crew of workers and security guards, and they sailed in two boats. The attackers hid behind the reeds and set fire to them, and the boats were forced to continue sailing in the riverbed because they had difficulty turning around in the narrow place where they were attacked. When he was bleeding, he managed to take control of the wheel, remove the boats from the fire and bring them to safety Searching for the wounded brought to the hospital. On 26 Tishrei (21/10/1938) he died. He was buried in the cemetery in Kfar Giladi. He left a wife, boy and girl. He was mentioned in “In Memory of Missing Persons” and Devar.