Shostakovsky, Arieh
Son of Pesia and Aaron. Born in 1904 in the town of David-Horodok in White Russia, he was educated in a traditional Hassidic home and studied at the Russian Gymnasium in the evenings, where he studied Hebrew and Talmud with some of the best teachers in his youth. He emigrated to Eretz Israel in December 1925. When he arrived, he encountered the difficulties of finding a job immediately because of the economic depression in the country, but the difficulties did not break his spirit and he was very successful in realizing his youth dream of being a pioneer in Eretz Israel. Worked on the roads, in the building, at the salt factory in Atlit and drying the Kishon swamps He was hired by the Miller brothers at the ice and oxygen factory in Haifa and soon became prominent among the workers and became a senior employee who was given responsible positions, and also became a member of the Histadrut labor federation. He was also known for his dedication to the enterprise, his friends and friends. Arieh was one of the first settlers in Kiryat Haim to build his home, where he continued his activities in the ranks of the Haganah, which he joined in 1929, and served in command. His workplace was in a hostile Arab environment and was often used as a provocation by Arabs in the area. Aryeh did not flinch and even encouraged and adopted his friends’ hands not to abandon the job despite the dangers. In the bloody events that broke out in Haifa in 1938, the work in the factory was shut down for a few days, for fear of an Arab attack. At Aryeh’s initiative, the workers decided to renew their work despite the considerable tension that prevailed in the area. On July 10, 1938, while traveling to work in Haifa, a bomb was thrown into the bus. Arie was seriously injured and died of his wounds three days later, on 13 July 1938, he was laid to rest in the Haifa cemetery. He left a wife and two sons. His name was immortalized in “The Trees Shocked,” a memorial booklet for the residents of Kiryat Haim.
