Romano, Amos (Ami)

Amos, son of Nitza and Victor, was born on July 7, 1952 in Ness Ziona. He studied at the Third State Primary School and continued his studies at the Nes Ziona High School. The birth of Amos, after his two younger brothers died, restored to the family the joy of life and the desire to continue to struggle with the pain and sorrow of bereavement. He was an amiable, mischievous boy who was interested in everything he met on his way. Although he did not like school very much, he was very sociable and always stood at the center of all social activities, both in and out of school. When he began his studies in photography, he increased his social activities even further. His teachers remember him as an active student, with creative imagination, who spent nights and days working for the public good or for a friend who was in distress. He managed to involve the teachers in the student council programs, pressured the director to establish a “youth for youth” framework at the school, and urged him to approach the youth office and to assist in the school’s involvement in community life. Amos was also very critical and had a developed sense of justice. When there was a problem with his school studies, and the reasons of the administration did not satisfy him, he organized a student demonstration and published the matter in the press until it was corrected. He had a talent for public work and from childhood he was a public figure in the best sense of the word. A lot of energy and ability was invested in guiding youth and assisting the activities of the Youth Bureau in the colony. The head of the youth bureau at the site told how, at the beginning of his career as a counselor in the moshav, Amos was greatly assisted and encouraged by his success. When he was just fifteen years old, Amos volunteered to guide a group of high-risk children, whom experienced counselors and educators had failed to guide. His success was complete and it was enough to see the affection and friendship that had been connected to him and the boys. With his great energy and talents, Amos succeeded in attracting more children of his age to the system, and also succeeded in establishing the first social group among the adult youth. His spirit of volunteering and his desire to do things on his own initiative gave him a high status in the first row of youth and counselors in the village. He did not content himself with this activity, and even edited and distributed a local newspaper himself and also dealt with organization. No wonder, then, that life outside the school had attracted him so much. He could not resist the temptations of the adult world, where he had achieved great success and great esteem. At the end of the third year he decided to leave school, and all the requests and pleas of his family, in order to retract his decision, met a sealed wall. Amos spent the rest of the year until his recruitment, traveling and traveling around the country, earning a living from various jobs that came his way. Amos was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of May 1971 and was assigned to the Artillery Corps after completing basic training courses in the field of artillery, and his commander wrote: “From the day he arrived at the unit and through the various positions he filled, “His parents said he enjoyed his army service very much, and although he rarely returned home, he never complained, he was very worried about his parents and made sure to call home at every opportunity. During his brief vacations he helped his father a lot in his work, and at the end of his service he planned to enter On Friday, October 6, 1973, when the war broke out, Amos volunteered to drive a half-track of ammunition, When he was a canteen commander and not a driver, while he was driving the half-track and was killed. At first he was considered missing but later identified and brought to rest in the cemetery in Nes Ziona. Survived by his parents, brother and four sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant.