Shoshan, Aryeh (Leo)

Son of Joseph and Juliet. Was born on the 8th of Tevet 5707 (8.1.1947) in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. At a young age he immigrated with his family to Israel. At first Aryeh studied at the Komemiyut elementary school in Bnei Brak, and then went on to a vocational school there. When he reached the age of high school, he joined the Bnei Brak branch of the Hanoar Haoved movement, and as a loving-social-life boy, he participated enthusiastically in his friends’ trips and trips, and even during the kibbutz working days. He especially excelled in difficult journeys in which he encouraged his friends and encouraged them to continue walking despite their fatigue and exhaustion. He was also an outstanding trainee in the Gadna Battalions and was a member of the “Young Maccabi” in Ramat-Gan, took part in the torch relay from Tel Hai and took a step At the head of his friends at the annual parade on Tel Hai, but Aryeh was not satisfied with his activities in the movement and in Gadna, and also joined Hapoel Hapo’el of Bnei Brak and was on the basketball team of this organization. He had brought his organization many victories as one of its pillars. He loved the sea and used to go down with him when he was riding a bicycle. Once he was there when nine girls who were bathing at the Sheraton beach in Tel Aviv drowned and he managed to save three of them before the rescuers’ and police’s help came. He discovered a talent for painting, ceramics and wood carvings (and in his estate are some of his artistic works). In February 1965, he was drafted into the IDF and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade, where he served until his last day, and he was proud to march on the Paratrooper’s Day in Ramat Gan in 1965. It should be noted that his service in the army did not separate him from his comrades-in-law, because during his vacations he used to visit them and even participated in their activities. Said that he would join the group that he established after he was discharged from military service, but did not receive it, because he had only served for more than one year. On the 14th of Adar 5736 (March 6, 1966), a military commando – Yavav, fell – and he was only 19. He was brought to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Uri Milstein’s book “Wars of the Paratroopers”.