Rosenblum, Israel-Yitzhak (Srul)

Son of Esther and Abraham-David, was born on December 25, 1919, in the city of Siegen, Germany, to which his parents emigrated from Poland, and was the only Jewish student in the school. When he was 12 years old, he rebuked the teacher for his anti-Semitic lecture, which he had heard because of a delay, behind the door, and the teacher responded to him in a slap and expulsion from the class. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1935 and continued his training in son of Shemen, Givat Hashlosha, and Ayelet Hashahar, and in 1938 joined the Nutras, He was among the fighters of Wingate’s Special Night Squads and participated in the construction of the Ussishkin fortresses, the kibbutzim Dan, Dafna and the rest of the settlement. In January 1943, he enlisted in the British Army and served in a chart unit of the Royal Engineers Corps in Egypt, Basra, Baghdad, and Tehran, where he passed his matriculation exams. After his discharge he worked for a few months in the building to save money for further studies. In November 1946 he was accepted to the university’s natural sciences faculty and received a scholarship for the first semester. To establish his livelihood, he found work as a counselor in the deaf-mute school. Where he liked the management, the teachers and the children, and instructed them in garden work. At the beginning of the War of Independence, he stayed with them almost regularly and felt safe during times of danger. Partly recruited, he distributed his nights for guard duty and went to work with the children, and with the help of the management he was released. However, as the situation worsened, he enlisted in full service and took part in the battles of the Haganah and the conquests in Jerusalem. He was recently responsible for protecting the position with blood. When he was replaced for a short rest, the building was bombed and he remained at the head of five members whom he sent to internal rooms. He remained in a forward position, where he was hit by a shell and a light fell on 14.5.1948. He was buried in Sheikh Bader Aleph. On the 28th of Elul 5710 (10.9.1950) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.