Rotman, Menachem (Mandela)

Son of-Sarah and Moshe, was born on June 23, 1929, in the city of Volowa, Czechoslovakia, and immigrated to Israel in 1930. After graduating from elementary school, he wanted to volunteer for the Jewish Brigade that was established in the British army to take revenge on his enemies He was accepted because of his age. He could no longer stay in the city and went to the Negev for training, where his education was completed as an employee and a fighter. After completing his service in the Palmach, his parents could not keep him at home, because “I have to go,” he said, and served in the police of the Jewish communities in the Valley The Jordan, the Sejera, the Kadouri School, etc., and to his anger he was not allowed to use his weapon against Arab robbers and rioters. “They give you a rifle and they do not let you use it,” he would say. “Like a scarecrow they put you …” After serving for a year and a half, he returned to civilian life in the city. He began to worry about parents, found friends and companionship and felt satisfaction in his life. After six months of peaceful life, he received the great joy of the night of the Lake of Saxons, the seat of the United Nations General Assembly, which decided to divide the country into two states and the next day he arrived at the Sarona Absorption Base to serve the people and the homeland. “In the midst of a battle, he came home unexpectedly to calm his parents:” Mom, “he said once,” do not cry, we fight so we will not have to cry again, So that we can live and rejoice like all other nations … “And his brother said:” After all, in the war of a people, sacrifices must fall, and what is the difference if fate casts this upon us or on our fellow men? ” A sign near Madras on Tuesday Sivan Independence (06/10/1948), Haifa last ball on the withdrawal of his friends until he fell. His memory was included in the pamphlet “Pages in memory of the defenders of the Keren Hayekud” in Beit Dagon. On the 17th of Sivan 5709 (17.6.1949) he was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.