Slitzen, Dan (Danik)
Son of Rachel and Shmuel, was born on 27.8.1926 in Haifa. His cheerfulness and mischievousness, restrained in time of need, had a good spirit on his environment from the dawn of his childhood. Thus they knew him and loved him at home and in all the stages of his education: in the kindergarten, the preparatory school, and in the real school until its conclusion. His duty was to serve for one year, but as a member of the Haganah from his youth, he must have continued for another year to complete his military training with a legal permit, since he was more capable of absorbing this Torah than one year. When he was discharged from the Nutras at the end of the summer of 1947, he had the choice of continuing his studies in America or Jerusalem. But seeing that the fate of the country is on the verge of an international decision and in the wake of which shocks will surely come, he chose Jerusalem. He began studying at the Department of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was pleased to see his studies. When the United Nations General Assembly decided to divide the country into two states and the War of Independence broke out, Danny stopped his studies and joined the fighting unit of the Moriah battalion, expressing his opinion of the young men who continue to study despite the difficult situation. “He also served as commander of a machine-gun squad and participated in escorting convoys to the Jerusalem area, in the wet battles, in search of traces of the” Who fell on the mountain road to Kfar Etzion (among them his friends), in the explosion of the Shahin house in Katamon and Daughter of In at Sheikh Jarrah, protection of the area Castel Codex, Yemin Moshe, Neve Yaakov and Atarot, the conquest of Katamon, saving source who live apart, breaking into the British camp in El Alamein, occupation Allenby Barracks and recently occupation neighborhood of Deir Abu Tor. Where he was wounded by shots of fleeing Arabs, and while receiving first aid he was hit in the chest again and a few minutes later he died on 9 May 1948. He was buried in Sheik Bader Aleph on 28 Elul 5710 10.9.1950) was transferred to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
