Segal, Hillel
Son of Hassia and Yerachmiel. He was born in 1900 in Yekaterinoslav, Russia, where he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he graduated from the Tachkemoni school in 1923 and began to work as a builder and climber. Hillel was recruited to the Riders’ Police and served in Ramle, Be’er Sheva, Baja al-Hafir (Nitzana), Ruhama, Kfar Ivri (Neve Yaakov) and Hartuv (Beit Shemesh). She was born in Be’er Sheva and during the 1929 riots the family was evacuated from Yeruhama and returned to Jerusalem, where Zipora and Baruch were born. In 1930 Hillel was discharged from the police. When the bloody riots broke out in 1936-1939 Hillel returned and joined the Notrim Police and served in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. With the outbreak of World War II, in late 1939, Hillel enlisted in the British army and fought in the Western Desert (Tobruk and Benghazi) and with the British Expeditionary Force arrived in Greece. When the expeditionary force was forced to surrender, Hillel succeeded in reaching Crete and the German invasion of the island. For two and a half years Hillel was in German captivity and on 28 November 1943 he died in his captivity. He was laid to rest in a military cemetery in Dornbach, Germany. He left behind a wife, two sons and two daughters. His name was immortalized in “The Book of Volunteering”. The location of his grave is 4A4. Unit Pioneer Corps. Sergeant rank.
