Talbi, Yosef (Yosko)

Yosef (Yosko), son of Boca and Yitzhak Talbi, was born in 1919 in Roschuk, Bulgaria. He attended an ORT school in the electricity department. He studied for four years and received an “electrical technician” certificate. When he was young, he was a member of Betar, then moved to an association called “An Elementary Jewish Club” and was closely associated with the Communist anti-Fascist movement. At that time he met his wife and on November 25, 1945, he immigrated to Israel as a member of the Hechalutz Hatzair movement together with his wife and a group of fifty. Upon arriving in Israel, he joined Kibbutz Na’an. He participated in Black Sabbath and was arrested by the British and transferred to Latrun. Yosef was a man of great talent and wit, and when the War of Independence broke out he joined the IDF. He served in one of the battalions of the Golani Brigade and trained in Kibbutz Alonim. From there he moved to Galilee. He excelled in battles. Yosef fought until his last minute even though he was wounded several times. At the beginning of May, the Golani force took over the village of Arab a-Zabah, near Beit Keshet, and took over some of its houses. The organization of the withdrawal was delayed, and in the process the Arabs launched a counterattack. The difficult retreat took place on the 27th of Nissan 5708 (May 6, 1948). He was brought to rest in Beit Keshet. He left behind his wife, Hermina.