Stern, Baruch

Son of Haya and Zvi, was born in 1925 in the city of Vishu in the Romanian part of the Marmarosh district, a region of Jews and working people. His father was an affluent forest merchant. Baruch grew up in the Carpathian countryside and became the head of the boys in “wars” and fishing in the rivers. In the rooms, the elementary school and the yeshivas of Iasi and Jesus were among the good students. For several years he lived with his parents in the city of Piatra-Neamac in Moldova, his father’s main property. When North Transylvania and South Marmaros were returned to Hungary in 1940, the family was deported back to Jesus, and the Hungarian anti-Semitic regime descended from its assets. Baruch went out to seek his fortune and future in Budapest, where the suppression of the Jews was conducted in moderation and was a cheerful friend of the people of his birthplace who also went there. In 1944 the Germans took him to a concentration camp. After the liberation, he went home to see his mother and brother. Separated from his mother only in a letter he left for her, went to Germany and from there to an organized group to Italy. He joined the “Bnei Akiva” and immigrated to Cyprus in 1946. He was lightly injured in the resistance against the British and was taken to Cyprus, where he trained in the Hagana and was allowed to immigrate to Israel. In Jewish life, at work, in Hebrew society and speech, and was Simcha with his portion, and after the declaration of the state volunteered for the Palmach’s religious unit and served in the first battalion of the “Yiftah” Brigade. He participated in the defense of Tirat Zvi and in the battles of the battalion in the Upper Galilee. In preparation for the first truce, the Yiftah Brigade was demoted to the central region and took part in the fighting in the Latrun area. On the night of 17-18 July 1948, towards the beginning of the second truce, the “Haemek” battalion seized Shilat and an outpost in the eastern part of the Korikor ridge, in order to threaten the wing of the legion in Latrun. In the morning it became clear that the Legion force was holding the western part of the ridge. The enemy attacked the force in the outpost from two directions with the aid of armored vehicles, and that was forced to withdraw. In the harsh retreat in an open area under crossfire, many of the fighters fell. This battle fell on the 11th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948). On the 11th of Adar 5702 (28.2.1950) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.