Rosen, Uzi

Son of Pinchas and Yehudit. He was born on May 25, 1935 in Tel Aviv. After graduating from elementary school in Tel Aviv, he continued his high school studies at Ironi Dalet High School. Uzi belonged to the United Movement and founded the movement’s “nest” of Holon. He was drafted into the IDF in October 1952 and served in the Nahal Brigade as an officer (in the Nir-Am training program) and joined Kibbutz Yiftach. After his release he began his studies at the Technion, the Faculty of Architecture. In addition to his studies, he worked extensively in the field of choreography and dance, participated in the Warsaw Festival and guided the Technion group in its performances in Israel and abroad. After completing his B.Sc. degree, he continued his studies in the United States, at Columbia University in New York, in the Town-Building Department, and became an M.Sc. and was an architect and builder of cities. On his return to Israel, he designed a field school on Mount Meron, the fish restaurant in Ein Gev and the building of the nursing home in Be’er Sheva, for which he won the prize. From time to time he went to reserve duty and at the outbreak of the Six-Day War was called again for the flag. On the second day of the fighting, he was on the 6th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967). On the eve of June 5, 1967, Uzi served as deputy commander of the company; They broke into the positions of Abdul Aziz. The company commander was killed in a raid on the target, and Uzi took command of the company and headed in cold-headed. The next day, in a battle for the hiding place, he killed a young wife and two small children, the second child was about a year and four months old, and was brought to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem And the Association of Engineers and Architects awarded a two-year prize for his projects in Jerusalem, in which he devoted a few pages to the booklet “Sad Flowers”, which was published by the Municipal High School in memory of its graduates who fell in the battle.