Sheps, Ze’ev
Zeev (Zevik), son of Helena and Yitzhak (Ignatz), a Holocaust survivor, was born on 16.1.1946 in Lodz, Poland, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1956. He was educated by relatives in Kibbutz Shefayim Elementary and high school. Ze’ev was drafted into the IDF in mid-November 1964 and assigned to the Armored Corps, first serving as a gunner in the Centurion tank, later as a tank driver and as a NCO tank commander. After being assigned to the unit and excelled in fulfilling his duties, his commanders sent him to the officers’ course and the Armored Corps course. After serving in various command positions in armored corps units, he was sent to the IDF’s high school course in the Command and Staff School, where he was appointed to the Operations Officer of one of the Armored Corps, and was an outstanding officer, efficient and responsible, talented and loyal to his commanders and subordinates. And a courageous fighter, who was said to have displayed extraordinary courage and courage in the Six-Day War and fought like a Aryeh at the head of his unit in the battle for Rafah. And was considered an excellent combat officer.In the Yom Kippur War, Ze’ev participated in the difficult battles of fighting and breaking out at the Sinai front. On the 21st of Tishrei 5734 (October 21, 1973) he fell in combat in the “Misuri” unit and was brought to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery and left behind his parents and sister. “Major Ze’ev Sheps was appointed commander of a tank company and was severely damaged during the first days of the fighting, and he was able to recapture it On the night of October 15, 1973, the company of Major Zeev Shepsz, The Misuri system in Sinai, and on its way back encountered a minefield. On October 16, Major-General Ze’ev Sheps, who was on his way to the Suez Canal, succeeded in removing all the tanks under his command, but continued to lead his company despite the injury. A model example for his soldiers in the evacuation of the fallen of our forces, which were located in the vicinity of ‘spider-tartor’. On October 19, his company participated in an attack on the ‘lexicon’ axis to expand the bridgehead. During the battle, the tank that commanded him was hit, but despite his injury, he ordered his crew not to leave, and under his command the tank was rescued from the flames. On October 21, Major General Ze’ev Sheps led his company to battle for the ‘Misuri’ and the Battle of Nafal, and in all its cases he showed courage, devotion to the mission and leadership ability. “
