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Scheinhorn, Reuven (Rudy)

Scheinhorn, Reuven (Rudy)


Son of Pesia-Bryna and Abraham, was born in 1925 in Germany. Was educated in England and at the end of the Second World War he moved with two other members to France and joined a training camp of the Haganah disguised as an old soldier, although he had not yet experienced the use of weapons and immigrated with them to Israel in the first half of 1948 The three members served in the Givati ​​Brigade, fought together in the south and fell together, and his unit clung to Hill 69 east of the coastal road to block the movement of the Egyptians. On June 8, 1948, and the force began to barricade in. On the 3rd of Sivan 5708 (June 10, 1948) the Egyptians landed heavy shelling on the outpost and then stormed He was armed with infantry troops with armored vehicles. The enemy fire caused the casualties, the collapse of the positions and the damage to the weapons. Under pressure from the enemy, the force retreated from the outpost, and in retaliation in an open area, additional fighters were injured. In this battle he fell on Tuesday, June 10, 1948. Like others who perished in this battle, he was also considered a long time absent until he was brought to the military cemetery on the 18th of Elul 5710 (31.8.1950) In Nahalat Yitzhak.

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