Rosenberg, Chen (“Chenik”)
Son of Zvi and Sonia, members of Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov Meuchad. He was born on April 3, 1948 in the kibbutz. He completed his elementary and high school studies at the kibbutz. From an early age, he had a tendency to mechanical tools. And when he grew up and for health reasons he could not work in the field, he was connected to the electricity industry with all his soul. He would do complicated jobs, which could not be controlled by people with a great training of his own. There was a desire to send him on behalf of the agriculture to a vocational school for the purpose of studying the electrical profession, but he did not want it to overcome the educational difficulties; He did not want to leave the parents alone when the rest of the boys were away. He always liked to help his friends. Chen liked to travel around the country and kept his deep impression. Would delve into historical geography. On trips he was willing to help others; In which he showed the strength of the organization. He belonged to the Hanoar Haoved movement. He had an inclination toward electronics and the construction of radios. He was also a member of Hapoel. One of his hobbies was collecting stamps. In August 1966, he was drafted into the IDF, where he wanted to sail in the expanses, and when he arrived at the place he wanted, he seemed to be full of pleasure and satisfaction. He was in regular service and the Six Day War broke out, and at the Rafah Junction on the first day of the battles, he was killed on June 6, 1967. He was a member of a cannon crew and fulfilled his duties with courage and dedication. In the cemetery in Ashdot Ya’akov, after the transfer of his body to Ashdot Ya’akov, the company commander wrote to his parents in which he mentioned some of his qualities He wrote about his great patience, his love for others, his willingness to sacrifice himself for the sake of the community, and the simplicity of his modesty, noting his inner maturity and serenity, which made the entire unit an anchor to hold on to. The “gold” that he had for all kinds of war tools, for the purpose of assembling them and dismantling them, and in the “thirty” for his fall, his kibbutz published a pamphlet in his memory. “Hakibbutz Hameuchad’s name was immortalized. In the Yalkut of the sons of the fallen soldiers in the Israeli army – “Goily Ash”, Volume IV – was brought from his estate. In “Kinneret”, a bi-weekly report of the Jordan Valley Regional Council was commemorated.
