Salomon, Yehuda
Was born on April 20, 1928 in Berlin, the capital of Germany, to an old Zionist family and was educated in the spirit and tradition of Judaism and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1933. In Tel Aviv he graduated from the Balfour Elementary School, And later moved to the Balfour Real Gymnasium, and despite his talents he stopped his studies at the Gymnasium because he decided to work in the field that would help him build the country. He was already a member of the Hagana in Tel Aviv and when he was 17 he informed his parents of his firm decision to join the Palmach. Where all his Yaffa virtues were discovered as a friend, a guide, a commander, a man of work and protection, and an emotional man. He stayed at a conscripted training center at Tel Yosef, in Maoz Haim and finally at Beit Hashita. He joined the Beit Ha’Arava nucleus, but due to the military roles he filled, he did not reach the agriculture. During his years in the Palmach, he also completed a course in water tanks in Netanya. Yehuda was a member of the Palmach’s Yiftah Brigade, which fought in the Upper Galilee, and when the Syrian and Lebanese armies invaded Judea and Samaria, the unit conquered the army camp near Malkia, as part of an extensive operation to secure the northern entrance to the country. And in the process hit a bullet in the head, and he did not manage to give the job to anyone else, and fell in battle for Malkiya on 15 May 1948. He was laid to rest at a military ceremony at the cemetery in Ayelet Hashahar. After his fall, he was granted the rank of captain. Chanka Avrech, his girlfriend, fell two months later on July 18, 1948, on a flight from Sodom to Tel Aviv, when his plane was forced to land in an Arab neighborhood and all his passengers were killed. Sometimes, it seems to me that heroes are even more than we are – I can imagine how many tears they secretly bring down, and how many times a day they bite their lips so that they do not break out. The bitter cry of parents who might be bereft of their son at any time of the day – “- left behind many letters and notes. His beloved personality was mentioned in the book “Eight Fallen”, published by the kibbutz in memory of his fallen friends. On the 27th of Elul 5709 (21.9.1949) he was put to rest at the military cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak.
