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Robinson, Bruno (Racha)

Robinson, Bruno (Racha)


Son of Esther (Zalma) and Dr. Saul (Sigmund), was born on July 8, 1909, in the city of Bilitz, in Silesia, then an Austrian industrial city (after the First World War the city moved to Poland). After graduating from high school, Bruno traveled to France, studied at a high technical school in Grenoble and was awarded the title of Paper Engineer, and was a good-natured man who, after completing his studies, returned to his hometown but succeeded in escaping from Poland with the outbreak of war Bruno, who was a Zionist from his youth, immigrated from Romania to Palestine on the ship Scaria in 1940. He was arrested by the British and put in After his discharge, he worked in the Argaman factory in Ramat Gan, and during the War of Independence he served part-time in the army, and in August 1948 he was drafted into a full-time enlistment despite being near-sighted. He did not challenge the order to stand up and served in the “Kiryati” brigade. During the “Danny” operation, our forces also took control of the Modi’in area, and when the Second Truce came into effect, the area was occupied by forces in the area, one of which was from the 219. The area was calm and the force was under the control of the Kiryati Brigade. The defenders of the outpost were surprised and forced to retreat in light of the enemy’s superiority, and many were injured in the harsh retreat, and the next day our forces attacked and took over the outpost, which fell on September 24, 1948. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak. Until the day of his death he mourned the death of his wife who had been killed in the Nazi inferno

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