Sami-Kleiman, Shmuel

Son of Batya and Tzvi. Was born in the month of Elul in 1914. In his youth, he was disappointed by the assimilationist surroundings, rebelled against reality and slowly approached Judaism and continued to the Zionist movement. After nine years of study he studied and studied literature, and after his immigration to Palestine he volunteered for the British army (before the Jewish Brigade was established.) After his five years of service, he returned to study and studied mechanics and electricity Through his mail. “On his release certificate, his officers wrote:” A very clever man, loyal Dedicated to his work, held responsible positions in first class, having initiated and March; One hundred percent can rely on him. “As a result of his wanderings in the army over time and countries, he decided that a lone person like him would be able to find refuge only in a kibbutz society. He joined Rotem the desolate while some of the kibbutzniks left. , But he soon became a member of the kibbutz and walked among the members of the kibbutz with confidence and pride, cheerful and Simcha and loving life, and he worked without hesitation on the dangerous job of mining the economy in order to secure him from the enemy’s penetration. Throughout his life, Kou was, as he put it, “If you want life, do not be afraid of death. No matter how long they live; The main thing is how to live. “He did know that the work he was dealing with was dangerous, but that necessity was not to be condemned:” I was in the army and studied, “he said,” and therefore I must know how to do it. ” 1948) was killed by one of the mines in his hand. He was brought to eternal rest in spirit. “Hedi Ruhama,” the kibbutz newsletter in which he participated in his notes from time to time, was dedicated to his memory on the anniversary of the fall