Shahar (Markovitz), Giora

Giora, son of Shoshana and Uriel, was born on May 16, 1943 in Tel Aviv. He studied at Oliphant School in Tel Aviv and in the Hulda group, and later studied at “Kfar HaYarok” and continued his studies at the Tel Aviv High School in the sociological track. Giora was a natural lover of nature. He loved the plants very much and with great patience and cultivated and raised flowers in his parents’ garden. he also loved animals and collected turtles, dogs and cats he found. He loved to travel and much to go on walks and marches. Giora was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in August 1961 and volunteered for the Armored Corps, where he completed a course in tank training, a tank commander course, and an officer’s course and his commander testified that he was “an outstanding person and commander, volunteering for every mission “He is an outstanding commander, a courageous fighter, a man of feeling and a loyal friend.” After graduating from regular service, he studied at the Tel Aviv University Department of Sociology and Political Science, where he wrote articles: when the Six-Day War broke out in the United States, and he spent all his days in the airport waiting for his turn to fly to Israel, and how disappointed he was when he arrived here after the fighting was over. Giora was in his youth with Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, At the Sharon School. He later worked as a cultural coordinator at the Ramat Hasharon Workers’ Council and afterward was the director of manpower and sociology at IMI’s factory. His approach was both logical and scientific, filled with emotion and love for others. He knew how to deal with the problems before him and resolved them without hesitation. His education and skills contributed greatly and gave a new impetus to the plant. “At a seminar for manpower managers, one of the lecturers said:” Giora had the ability to grasp things correctly and get to know people. He had a great deal of improvisation to solve problems, as a man of personnel should do. He was precise, curious, loved to score, logical and analytical. “He loved his family, his wife Lucy and his little son Arik, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out, Giora was drafted with his unit to the front in the Golan Heights. On October 11, 1973, his unit was sent to secure the area of battle in Rafid, where a shell hit the tank that he was in and he got killed was laid to rest at the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind a wife, son, parents, and sister.