Sherman, Gershon

Son of Yehudit and Shechna, was born in 1930 in France. In 1945, at the age of 15, he arrived in Israel as one of the few Jewish children who survived the Holocaust, and was educated at Neve Ilan. He grew up in the country and aspired to be a farmer. During the War of Independence he enlisted and served in the Harel Brigade. On the night of June 8-9, 1948, he went with his battalion to the “Yoram” operation – the third attack on Latrun. Because of a mistake in navigating, the battalion was on the 14th deck, instead of the thirteenth position as planned. The fighters attacked the outpost and succeeded in capturing part of it, and during the fierce battle many of them were injured. The enemy’s resistance was fierce, and due to the casualties, there was no power to complete the conquest of the outpost and an order was given to withdraw. In this battle he fell on the second day of Sivan 5708 (June 9, 1948.) On the 17th of Cheshvan 5706 (17.11.1949) he was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.