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Rotshtein, Shlomo (Shalmke)

Rotshtein, Shlomo (Shalmke)

Son of Malka and Menachem Tzvi was born on May 5, 1922, in Zichron Ya’akov, Upon his discharge from the British army, he returned to his active service in the Haganah as an expert weapon, instructor, and coach. During this period a family nest was established, but this too did not go far from the center of his interest: the activities of the Hagana. In April 1948, a full mobilization was recruited as a weapon in the IAF. On May 10, 1948, he went on a plane to bomb the Arab concentrations near Beit Mahsir during Operation “Maccabi” for the breakthrough to Jerusalem, and then he tried the new 100-kilogram self-made bomb. the last message from the plane was: “The clouds are scattered above the target; “After many searches, the remains of the plane were found burned among the rocks of Judea, and on September 19, 1948, his daughter Shlomit was born on September 23, 1948. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Anavim.

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