Schwartz, Abraham
Son of Leah and Mordechai, was born on November 20, 1929 in Kfar Sava. Where he attended elementary school and out of religious orientation joined the Bnei Akiva organization. After completing his studies at the school, he went to agricultural training in Kfar Haroeh and took part in Hagana training, and later worked as a gardener, loved the land and dreamed of becoming a farmer. The division of the country into two states and the outbreak of the War of Independence volunteered, served in the Alexandroni Brigade and set out for operations. When he asked his father why he was not waiting for him to be called, he replied that this was what his conscience had commanded him, and for example he mentioned Rabbi Akiva who sacrificed his life for the homeland and did not shrink from death and suffering. Avraham participated in the battles of Bir Adas, Tel Litvinsky (Tel Hashomer), Kfar Yavetz, Wadi Ara, Arab Kfar Saba and the front near Tel Aviv. In an operation near Beit Berl in the Kfar Saba area, he was wounded in the hand, and when he came to visit his parents after he left the hospital, he expressed his happiness that he had indeed proved to be a healthy and capable son fighting for his homeland. He never regretted his comrades who did not enlist and even tried to teach them a right out of his unshakable belief in human integrity. He could only demand of himself. At the Passover holiday of 1948, when he was with his company in Kfar Sava, he could barely break away from his friends and sit on the night of the “seder” with his parents, when the Arab Legion entered the battlefield, and the road to it was cut off by the Latrun Legion “The battalion was deployed to conquer Latrun, and the battalion encountered better enemy forces and was forced to retreat, and on that day it fell on the 17th of Iyar 5708 (May 26, 1948) He was considered missing, but during Operation “Gathering of Bones” the remains of his body were found in the Latrun area On the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949) he was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
