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Stefner, Avraham (Abramsche)

Stefner, Avraham (Abramsche)


Son of Deborah and Nissan, was born on 15.12.1915 in the city of Kolno, Poland, where he was forced to stop his studies while he was a boy and work in Nefata with his grandfather and father, “After his younger brother learned the profession and began to work in his place, Avraham went to Kibbutz Kfar Saba in the city of Ludmir and then in the city of Rovno, working hard in grain warehouses and flour mills with a very low standard of living, And despite all this, he was strong in his faith, cheerful in spirit and active in dedication and skill in running the affairs of the kibbutz. Was a member of the “Kfar Sava-Hula” nucleus in the kibbutzim Evron and Ein Shemer for a year, and in 1939 he joined the group as a supplement to Kibbutz Amir and worked in napachot and in the framework of leisure, But during the War of Independence he was drafted into the regional defense and participated in the defense of Ramot Naftali and Menara, and the operation to remove the children from Menara, the day after the declaration of the first truce, he returned tired from his position at Ramot Naftali, Noah A few hours later they were again called upon to stand up to the Syrians, who were trying to penetrate the Hula Valley from the outposts Tel Azaziat and Hnzirh and took a position with the other defenders near the village of Abbas. In a heavy bombardment he managed to remove a wounded member from the battle and immediately afterwards he was hit and fell on the day of the 12th of June 1948. He was brought to rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Amir.

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