Weiss, Avraham-Samuel

Son of Sarah and Isaac, was born on January 12, 1931 in the city of Iasi, Romania. When Avraham was two years old, in 1933, he immigrated to Israel. With the outbreak of the War of Independence he was one of the first volunteers, despite his youth, and participated in battles in the Jordan Valley, as a soldier in the Golani Brigade. On the night of April 22-23, 1948, a company force from the Golani Brigade came to conquer the town of Tzemach. One of the platoons broke into the town and took control of part of it. At this stage they intervened with British forces in the police and army camp near the town, the connection between the departments was cut off and the department remained isolated in the town. Towards dawn, the platoon retreated in a battle with Arab forces that tried to surround it. In this battle Avraham-Shmuel fell on the 14th of Nissan 5708 (April 23, 1948) and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Degania Aleph.