Ulrich, Yitzhak

Son of Miriam. Born in 1911 in Warsaw, Poland, he completed his studies at a Hebrew school founded by Tarbut, and later studied at the Tarbut seminary in his hometown. As a Zionist activist he saw his future in personal fulfillment and immigration to Eretz Israel in order to live there as a free Jew. In 1939 he realized his wish and immigrated to Israel as an immigrant. In Israel he joined the Irgun and received training. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the British Army and the values ​​he absorbed in the youth movement and in the underground led him to volunteer for the commandos. His comrades in the unit remember him as a courageous and intelligent soldier and as a fearless warrior. On the 5th of Nisan 5731 (5.3.1941), while fighting with his unit on the Habash front, she was forced to conquer the peak of a high mountain where a large contingent of Italian soldiers had been entrenched.In spite of the strong fire fired by the Italians on the unit, the commandos continued to advance up the hill, The Italians took up a strong counterattack in the early morning and the unit was forced to retreat, while Yitzhak remained in a cover-up position while his friends set out on their way to escape. , Managed to retreat safely knowing that they owed him their lives. In an investigation carried out in 2017, it was found that the resting place in the fund was Eritrea.