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Schwartz, Ben-Zion

Schwartz, Ben-Zion


Son of Reyzl and Meir, was born in 1920 in Serbia and studied in a school. He succeeded in realizing his ambition and immigrated to Israel. During the Second World War he joined the British Army and moved with him to Italy. During the War of Independence he served in the Harel Brigade and fought in the Jerusalem sector. He was in Kiryat Anavim for a short time. He left the large convoy that transferred supplies from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion. On the way back, she encountered a number of roadblocks she managed to overcome, but about two kilometers south of Bethlehem she stopped at a large checkpoint that did not succeed, and some of the residents managed to return to Gush Etzion. , He was killed in a battle with his friend and friend Yehiel Grantstein on March 27, 1948. In the army he was called “Captain Hollywood.” He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem on November 15, 1951) was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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