Shuster, Zvi

Son of sculptor and Israel (Shimon) was born in 1925 in Poland. He was 14 years old when the Second World War broke out and he grew up in shelters, woods and the battlefield. He first fought in the ranks of the partisans and then as a sergeant in the Red Army on the Ukrainian front. At the end of the war, he wandered a lot and managed to return to Poland. In Lodz he joined the “Ba – Ma’avak” group of Hashomer Hatzair. On his way to Palestine, he traveled to Germany where he played an important role in organizing the “Irgun Ha – Bricha” and, through the risk, transferred hundreds of illegal immigrants through the Alps to the shores of the homeland. When he arrived in Israel on March 31, 1948, he joined Hashomer Hatzair and joined the army immediately and served in the Golani Brigade. Zvi fell in the Jenin sector. After the withdrawal from Jenin, the line reached the first truce in the ridge north of Jenin. With the resumption of fighting at the end of the first truce, the Iraqis aggressively attacked this line. In view of the enemy’s superiority, our forces had to retreat and set up a new line on the Gilboa ridge. In these battles, he fell in the area of ​​Mukibela on the 3rd of Tammuz 5708 (July 10, 1948.) He was brought to eternal rest in the Masilot cemetery.