Roitman (Amiaz), Meir (Eric)

Son of-Leah and Moshe was born on October 9, 1926, in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the Halperin School, where he moved to the commercial high school and received his high school diploma. Member of Betar. In 1945 he joined the Nutras and was sent to Ramat David. He returned to Tel Aviv six months later and was involved in training and cultural and literary activities among the Betar groups, and in the days of the Betar persecution by the Mandate authorities he assumed the role of Betar commander. The British were involved in searching for weapons and arresting members of the Haganah, among those arrested in Tel Aviv who were sent by the British to Rafah, where he was elected as a representative of his comrades before the camp authorities and was one of the last to be released. He went on board the ship “Aliza” and specialized in his work, and his dream was to win the rank of Jewish naval officer, and his underground friends called him “Amiaz” A book discovered talents for music and literature and the Rafah camp and his wandering on the ship “Aliza” sent many lists, published in the newspapers “observer” and “morning” under the title “The Diary of a Hebrew sailor.” His eyes were open to every detail. Upon the outbreak of the War of Independence following the United Nations General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947 on the partition of the country into two states, he decided to join the ranks of the fighters. On April 8, 1948, he was discharged from the navy and immediately joined the ranks of the Irgun Zvai Leumi. Meir took part in a battle over Jaffa and fought in the streets of Manshiyya. He fell on the 28th of April 1948 in a battle not far from Jaffa port by the sea. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak