Winbrand, Abigail

Daughter of Chaya and Bezalel. She was born on June 2, 1927 in Haifa, her parents from the Third Aliya, came from Poland in 1925 and were among the first settlers in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood of the eastern Carmel. She was educated at the elementary school in her hometown and later at the “Bialik Gymnasium” and at the “Maaleh” school for clerks. A diligent and organized student worked as an apprentice at the School of Work and Commerce near the Technion in Haifa, and at age 18 she was accepted She worked as a clerk at the Technion, where she was active in Mahanot Ha’olim and later in Hanoar Haoved, and as a member of the Haganah, who had instilled in her the spirit of Zionist fulfillment, she also joined the Hagana, The first instructor of the course was her mother and later participated in a training series in the Carmel Forests Avigayil took an active part in various Haganah missions, and Avigail participated in arranging the Atlit Ma’apilim in homes, in a demonstration against the arrest of the Biriya people, Printing, printing, and printing. On August 13, 1946, the British brought up illegal immigrants from the ships “Yagur” and “Henrietta Szold” to the shores of Haifa, to the deportation ships “Empire Heywood” and “Empire Rival” to transfer the immigrants to Cyprus. The Ma’apilim demonstrated strong opposition to deportation and the army used cold water jets to weaken their resistance. In order to prevent rallies and angry demonstrations by the Jews of Haifa, a curfew was declared in the Jewish parts of the city. The Voice of Israel radio station called on the Hagana radio station to break the curfew and organize against the deportation of the ships to Cyprus. Avigayil and her mother were among those who responded to the call, and took a first aid kit with them and went down from Neve Sha’anan to Tavor Street in Hadar Hacarmel. Soon they were part of the crowd who marched bravely towards the armed British soldiers. The soldiers opened without warning, shooting in all directions. Abigail was among the three marchers who were shot and killed in the demonstration. A bullet struck her Lev. All the mother’s attempts to save her failed and she died on her way to the hospital. She was nineteen when she died. She was brought to rest in the cemetery of Haifa. She left her parents and brother. Director of the Technion Kaplanski, who eulogized her the day after the funeral. Said, among other things, “she grew up and developed into a Yaffa Jewish beauty and vibrant life force, and promised to be a vine-cloak, and when she went with her mother to protest against the expulsion of the refugees, the sword fell from a murderous bullet … Technion victims, employees and apprentices. ” Her life was commemorated in a memory booklet.