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Rom, Amiram

Rom, Amiram


The son of the physician Dr. Shoshana and Arieh, one of the founders of the “Machzor” group in Petah Tikva, was born on 15.4.1926. He grew up and studied in Jerusalem at the school and in the Rehavia high school. From the age of 15 he spent every day working in farms. When his mother enlisted in the British Army in 1942 during the Second World War, he said, “I am proud that I have such a mother.” Amiram was trained and trained in the kibbutzim. He played music on the piano, understood music and loved it, he also composed music, he was a quiet and easygoing man, he was in a state of secrecy, and sea voyages adversely affected his health and he was forced to stop them. 1945, he was released from the Palmach to begin his studies at the Technion. But even at the Technion, he found no rest for himself. In light of the political situation prevailing in Israel at that time, he could not continue his studies out of complacency, and after the “Black Shabbat” (29.6.1946) he felt a tremendous urge to go to Europe after the end of the school year. In the meantime, there was hope for a large-scale immigration to Galicia, and the idea of ​​leaving Europe was postponed, and he continued his studies out of an inner dilemma between the obligation to come to the aid of the people and the desire to prepare himself for creative and constructive life until the decision was made in November 1947. Amiram immediately returned to full service “He said. He first served in Haifa and then went to the Negev with a group of volunteer students. In the Negev he participated in the maintenance of the water line and in various combat activities. Amiram was sent to the brigade commanders’ course and after graduating successfully returned to the Negev Brigade and was opposed to the demand that the students be allowed to complete the school year (“I will not leave my friends” Otherwise, he returned to participate in this important battle, although he was wounded in command and activity until the police building exploded and there he fell with his other friends on Wednesday, June 11, 1948. He was laid to rest in the Revivim military cemetery.

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