Shraga-Yosef (Yossi), son of Genia and Jacob, was born on May 10, 1947, in Munich, Germany, where his parents, Holocaust survivors, arrived, and two years later, on the birthday of Yosef, The family settled in the streets where Yossi grew up and his brother and sister were born, and Yossi completed his elementary studies at the Tachkemoni School and then continued his high school studies at Machanayim School, and was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement, And active in the Gadna. His great love and talent were in the field of art, and he knew how to do beautifully Yaffa works with artistic engraving, was quick at craftsmanship, and had an excellent painter. He stopped high school in order to join his father and study in the profession of sign-painting and advertising. He then completed a one-year drafting and building course with honors. He was a tall, fair-haired young man with hair, fond of all his admirers and devoted to any role he was assigned. Yosef was drafted into the IDF in mid-May 1965. After completing his basic training, he was sent to the course of rifle platoon commanders and a machine gun machine course. His commanders finished his praises and noted his great devotion to his role. In the course of his service he participated in the Six-Day War and later served in the IDF for six months, completing his high school education, and was discharged from the regular army in March 1968. After his discharge he worked for a year in an electro-optics factory in Rehovot, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed this course with great success and his work in the air industry was impeccable, and his superiors liked the quiet and devoted young man and saw him in great numbers, and in June 1972, Yossi married his girlfriend Rachel and the couple set up their home in Rehovot, He suddenly fell ill and was rushed to the hospital He died on 17 November 1973. He was buried in the streets and left behind a wife, parents, brother and sister, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. , Wrote to the grieving family: “There is no consolation for the most precious loss, and I know that words can not dispel pain and sorrow. I am writing to you, but I am with you and share in your grief and sorrow. Your pain is the pain of the entire nation, which mourns every one of its loved ones who fell in battle. The prayer of all of us is that the Yom Kippur War that was forced on us, and which claimed so many sacrifices, will bring about the desired peace, and that thanks to our heroes we will be able to see The State of Israel is calm and confident, that you will not know another war, and it will be your consolation as well. ” In his letter to the grieving family, his commander wrote: “Your loved one, your son and friend, fell during his military service in our unit … In the fall of Yosef, you lost a beloved family member and we, his friends in the unit, lost a dear and devoted friend. The people of Israel, the entire IDF and we, who served alongside your son and our comrades in arms, feel in our Lev what is lost to you and it is hard to express in words the sincerity of our sorrow and our participation in your mourning. “
