Born on 9/9/1919 in Dresden, Germany. Nazi decrees prevented him from completing more than six years of schooling at the Gymnasium. He was a member of the Maccabi Hatzair youth movement and in 1936 immigrated to Israel with a group of young members of the youth movement. His parents (immigrants from Kolomyya, Poland, immigrated to Germany in 1912) and his three brothers perished in World War II. His two sisters, who immigrated to Israel, remained alive. Throughout his life in Israel he was connected to security. With the first class of Youth Aliyah he joined the Shiller group. He soon served as a lieutenant colonel and as a training counselor. He was a member of the Hagana in 1948-1936. On the orders of the National Institutions, he volunteered for the Artillery Corps in the British Army (1941) and served in the Haifa Coast Artillery Corps. He was later promoted to the rank of sergeant following an action on the Haifa coast, in which he led to the capture of an enemy submarine that threatened to attack the shores of the country. In 1944, with the establishment of the Jewish Brigade, he was sent to England for artillery officers’ course, but due to an injury to both legs during the course he was forced to leave. He completed his service in the British army in 1946, with the rank of sergeant. In February 1948 he was drafted into the IDF and together with a handful of veteran artillery was one of the founders of the IDF Artillery Corps. Served as an officer of the corps and after the War of Independence he headed the personnel department of the Artillery Corps. In 1949 he joined the regular army and a year later, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became a senior personnel officer in the IDF’s Chief Staff. Two years later, he successfully completed a high school diploma (with a grade of 93 percent) To be commended by the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Mordechai Maklef. In 1959-1953, he served as a third of the IDF, with the rank of colonel, “I instilled in my circle the recognition that behind every form there is a living person who deserves all the attention … The rule – the right person in the right place – “He told the weekly Bamahane. Such was. The young man, whose senses led him in time from the Nazi hell, the treasurer of the interior and the center of the dairy barn of Kvutzat Shiller, drove, even as a senior officer in the Israel Defense Forces, in that wonderful combination of a firm leader with principles and ideals – who was sensitive, gentle and considerate, loyal, He was always open to help, to encouragement, to good advice, and in 1959 he headed the organization’s General Staff section in 1960. In 1960 he served as a commander for a short period of time as a commander Haifa, and after a year of service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Consul General in Houston, USA), returned to positions in the Ministry of Defense, as Deputy Inspector of Economics and later as Controller of the System the security. In this position, he cultivated and nurtured the positive attitude and awareness of internal criticism in the defense establishment. His approach caused the critics to see him as a critic, advisor and guide, and thus contributed greatly to deepening cooperation with the audited bodies. In addition to his military activities throughout the long years, he was also close to sports in the IDF and the State, and fought stubbornly for the sake of decency and de-politicization in Israeli sports, and headed the IDF’s top sports committee. He served as a member of the management of the Israeli delegation to the Rome Olympics (1960) and to the pre-Olympic games (1960), to the United States (1956), Japan (1958) In 1964, in a special permit from the chief of staff, he wrote articles in the sports press, and on the 17th of Sivan 5737 (June 3, 1977) EighthIn the discharge of his duties. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife – Bracha, two daughters – Dalia and Roni, a grandson – Nir, and two sisters. His son, Shimon, died of an illness during his military service.
