Sheifeldrim, Yehuda (Poldi)

Son of Rachel and Yeruham, was born on 28.7.1927 in Mannheim, Germany. In 1935 he immigrated to Israel with his parents. When he was 15, he joined the Haganah. At the end of 1944,Yehuda joined the “Shdema” group in Ginosar, after he and his sister were taken to the Palmach training center, and was filled with happiness and tried to comfort his sister: “Forgive me, “After arriving at Ginossar, he decided not to return to the city:” I can not give up the quiet of life. “But when his father fell ill, he was forced to return home and received a long vacation to help the parents, who worked as a mechanic, succeeded in his work, and was appointed first-class mechanic at the Dan garage. When he realized that he would not be able to return to training, he began working in Hanoar Haoved, in sports, and guided weapons in the Hagana, with the decision of the UN General Assembly to divide the country into two States, went to positions within the borders of Tel Aviv and accompanied convoys to Jerusalem (his sister also accompanied caravans and in one of the cars found that they both play the same role). He later served as a guide in army camps, but demanded that he be sent to battle. Yehuda served in the Givati ​​Brigade and took part in the battles of Yavneh, Tel-A-Rish, Latrun, Abu Shusha, Al-Qabab, Baraka. When he found money with Arabs, he did not take it to himself, but handed it over to the battalion’s treasury On June 2-3, 1948, during the “Philistine” operation, the Givati ​​forces attacked the Egyptian branch (The “Ad Halom” bridge today), the assault was halted by heavy enemy fire and the forces were forced to retreat, but the attack failed, but forced the Egyptians to prepare for the attack and halted their advance northward. June 3, 1949. Two days before his death, his cousin was killed and three days before his death, he said: “No one wants to die, but this is fate. … No victims do not buy a homeland. But in one thing I am certain: In captivity they will not succeed in taking me – I will fight until I fall. “After six months his body was found and put to rest in a grave in the Warburg military cemetery