Shoshani, Nachum (Nachshon)

Son of Frida and Dov, was born on March 19, 1926 in Kfar Sava, and after completing elementary school he joined the Gadna and the Haganah and was active in the Scouts movement. Nachum went on to study at the Ahad Ha’am Gymnasium in Petach Tikva and organized the students’ social life and their leaving for work in farms. He was a counselor and commander of the Gadna in the Sharon region, and spent his holidays in courses of the Haganah and found time to help his father work in the orchard. After graduating from the Gymnasium – cum laude in literature and history – he served for a year as a guard and during the course of his career trained and guided young people to the Haganah and took a course in commanding officers.For three years he studied philosophy, history and mathematics at the Hebrew University, He was trained as an instructor in the Hagam (High Physical Education) school in high schools and participated in training and travels of the Gadna, and in 1947 he underwent a naval training course and was attached to the “Hachash” (“Nachshon”). The United Nations on November 29, 1947, divided the country into two states, worked in the defense of Jerusalem and at the end of 1947 was arrested during a security patrol in the city. During his months in the Kishle prison, he organized and directed the prisoners’ social and cultural life and turned them into a prison for “yeshiva” of spiritual training (criminal prisoners also listened with great interest to his readings and explanations in Plato’s books). When he was discharged, he was offered a position in the institutions’ home, but following his insistent demand for combat duty, he was appointed commander of the Mechmess Battalion in the Etzioni Brigade, and served as commander of the Araza region. On April 1, 1948, the Arab forces attacked the outposts and conquered the southern outpost, and Nachum arrived at the site with reinforcements and attempted to regain control of the outpost. And remained the last to cover them with a “Bren” in his hand and fell in. He was buried at Ma’aleh Hahamisha, and the sign on which he fell was named after him – “Nachshon Regiment.” (19.11.1953) was transferred to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.