Shterer, Zeev (Reli)

Son of-Helena-Ruth and Jacob-Alfred was born on May 31, 1929 in the city of Leipzig, Germany. On August 9, 1937, he immigrated to Israel with his parents who settled in Moshav Sde Warburg. Ze’ev attended the elementary school of Moshav Tsofit, a year at the Kfar Saba high school and two years at the “Shevach” vocational school in Tel Aviv. Afterward, he took practical training in the framework of the “new” cooperative. He aspired to be a mechanic at the Naval School in Haifa, but could not make it because of his parents’ material distress. Was a cheerful, ambitious boy who liked all his friends because of his honest and brave character. In 1942, he joined the Gadna, was trained and came to the aid of the farms and at the end of 1946 joined the Nutras and served in a children’s village in Afula and Ramat Hakovesh, and in 1948 he volunteered to serve in the kibbutz of artists and in Moshav Shavei Zion, He was a member of the Carmeli Brigade and participated in the battles for Samari, Kabri, Akhziv, Akko and Rosh Hanikra, and after attacking the Jordan Valley, June 3, Jenin and occupied the outposts that control the city, the Iraqi army, which moved to Samaria after its failure The forces of the Jordan River, concentrated their forces and attacked them, and under the pressure of this attack, our forces were forced to retreat.In the battle that took place on the outskirts of the city on May 3, 1948, he was hit by shrapnel and was killed. 1950) was brought to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.