Spitzer, Edgar
Son of Erwin and Milani. He was born on June 29, 1924 in Vienna, the capital of Austria. At a young age you gave birth to his mother and during the Nazi period the father disappeared. Immigrated to Israel in 1938 as part of Youth Aliyah. He was educated at son of-Shemen Youth Village and then moved to the Titz Yagur vocational school. With the outbreak of the Second World War he accepted the call and was rescued with the first enlistees into the British army, and he was only eighteen at the time. He crossed the Middle East and extended to the transport company and the heavy equipment. At the end of the war, he said to return to civilian life and establish a home. At the beginning of the riots, he responded to the call to enlist in the Hish battalions (February 1948.) As a private he took part in many battles and was wounded in one of them, and when he recovered he returned to battle and continued until the fighting died down. In the officers’ school and taught a cycle after class without fatigue from perseverance and devotion. On 17 September 1952, he fell in the line of duty and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Netanya. Publishing a pamphlet bearing his name, and a club was opened in Kfar Shmaryahu, named after him, where various circles meet; There is also a theoretical library.
