Warmond, Samuel

Son of Sarah and Zvi. He was born on the 18th of Kislev 1917 in Switzerland. He grew up and was educated in the Alsace-Lotringen region, where he joined the Zionist youth movement “Dror”. Later he joined the Poalei Zion party and the local Hechalutz branch from which he left for training in 1935. In 1938 he immigrated to Eretz Israel, joined the Alonim group and took part in the establishment of Sheikh Abrik. He was a good-natured, pleasant and happy man, he liked all his friends. He spared no effort to do all the work in the best possible way, he had a thorough knowledge of the Hebrew language, and he reflected on the life of the group. He soon became prominent in his contribution to the guard and training duties and set out to fulfill special tasks, security and other tasks. After the outbreak of World War II, he immediately responded to the call of the national institutions to enlist in the war effort against the Nazis. He joined the Transportation Corps and later on he was transferred to the Water Supply Company. For three years he served in the front lines in Egypt and Libya. His visits to home were few and brief, but this did not weaken his ties to the group and his longing for it, his work, and the way he expressed himself in letters he sent there from his service. On the 27th of Nisan 5703 (1.5.1943), his company was found on a ship carrying soldiers from the Allied armies to Malta. A large attack by the enemy planes sank the ship within minutes. On board were over three hundred Jewish soldiers, of whom one hundred and forty were drowned and Shmuel among them. He left a brother and two sisters. A booklet in his memory was published by the Alonim group in 1950. Shmuel, too, is the broad-shouldered lad you could load on many, He walked among us full of joie de vivre and sprinkled his good, human, and faithful laugh in all directions.” In the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, a ship-shaped monument was erected in memory of the missing, and next to it is a water pool whose bottom is engraved with the names of the fallen.