Schwartz, Jacob

Son of Frieda and Yosef. He was born on March 14, 1920, in Bozau, Romania, as the only son of his parents. As a child, he attended a Jewish-Hebrew school, from which he moved to a Romanian high school. At the end of his high school studies, he moved to the capital, Bucharest, where he began studying at the Technion in the textile industry. At the Technion, he completed only two studies, for in the meantime World War II broke out and he began his efforts to immigrate to Eretz Israel. In 1941 he came to Israel as part of the Youth Aliyah. Here he spent several weeks in the Atlit camp and then moved to Magdiel, to the “Mishmar HaKfar” group of Romanian-born workers. A few months later he moved to the Usha group. Jacob enlisted in the British Army, took a driver’s course, and was employed as a driver in the Royal Engineers’ Unit. At first it was stationed at Mansoura camp at the foot of the Carmel and at the end of December 1941 was sent to Egypt and from there to Tobruk. On the 19th of Adar I 5703 (March 14, 1943) he went to Tobruk on a landmine and was killed. He was followed by parents in Romania and son of-David in the country. The news of his death reached his parents only in 1945 at the end of the war, and in 1950 they also immigrated to Israel. An investigation conducted in 2017 found that he was murdered in Tobruk, Libya. Grave location of tomb 10A1. Driver Rank.