Shachnai, Madhavah

Daughter of Anna and Meir, was born in Jerusalem in 1931. She studied at the “Lemel” elementary school and when she was 11 years old, she joined the Matityahu Scout community in the Galilee Battalion, and her group was called Yonat Post. And in spite of her young age, she was fluent in the two other languages ​​that were official languages ​​in Israel: English and Arabic, according to Moriah’s testimony Was a “very serious, responsible girl, with a noble and quiet soul.” When she was in the seventh grade of the Gymnasium, he grew up In the Land of Israel, she joined the Masada Youth Battalion, and all the activities of these young people in the Scout movement were a cover for their true activities, which were auxiliary activities for the Haganah forces. The headquarters in the city and even worked in the fortifications, all of which were carried out voluntarily and devotedly, and often involved a life-threatening situation.Madeva devoted many hours to her various tasks and managed to keep her activities secret because of the underground conditions in which she operated. On the 28th of Iyar 5708 (June 6, 1948) she received several hours of free time from her activities. She rushed to her house and when she arrived very close she was hit by a shell fired by the Arab Legion towards the Jewish neighborhoods and died of her wounds. Her 10-year-old brother was wounded in the same shelling and died a few days later. Was brought to rest in the cemetery in Sheikh Bader and from there transferred to the cemetery on Har Hamenuhot in Jerusalem.