Shlafsky-Shelef, Kalman

Son of Moshe Warsaw. He was born on April 23, 1935, in Bialystok, Poland, when he was four years old when his father was conscripted into the Polish army and taken prisoner by the Germans. When the entire family, including him, exiled to Siberia “for the” Zionist activity of the father, he received his early education in a Russian school, and even when he was in a foreign environment, alone among Russian children, He and his family moved to Poland and their intermediate station was in Lower Silesia, because there was no Jewish or Hebrew school, The family moved to Germany, where the children were sent to Germany, and the children were sent to Germany, – his willingness to provide assistance to the weak and the poor was revealed mainly in his great concern for his grandfather, who continued his studies at a Hebrew school and joined the Hashomer Hatzair movement in Munich in August 1947. In August 1947, Her first place of absorption was in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, where Kalman studied for one year; From there the family moved to Ramat Gan and the boy continued his studies at the Givatayim school. Afterward he studied and completed his studies at the Hebrew Gymnasium “Herzliya” in the agricultural track. After graduating, he was one of the founders of the “Shomria” group, which later completed Kibbutz Zikim. Was the first center of the nucleus and engaged in several training activities. When he enlisted in the Nahal Brigade in January 1955, he became prominent in his strength and suffering and continued his assistance to others. In this position he stood out in his educational and friendly approach and maintained the level of training. After this position, he was transferred to the Nahal Brigade in Ein Radian, where he became commander of the Patrol in Ein Radian, Yotvata of the day, and was admired by his subordinates and friends. On the 19th of Adar 5737 (March 19, 1957), after a fierce battle with the enemy, he fell with his three friends and was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. On the first anniversary of his death, members of his family and members of Kibbutz Zikim took out a booklet in his memory bearing the name Kalman Shelef: In late January 1958, the Kalman family established a library for the country in its name at Beit Zvi in ​​Ramat Gan.