Wolf, Chaim (Harry)

Son of Yitzhak. He was born on May 2, 1928 in the city of Leipzig, Germany. At a young age, he was taken from his parents and educated in Jewish orphanages in Germany. With the German invasion of France in 1940, he wandered around France without sufficient knowledge of the language and without a penny in his pocket. From fear of being sent to a concentration camp, he pretended to be a Christian and went to churches, was persecuted by the French police as an abandoned child and suspected of delinquency. Chaim pretended to be a German when he came to the Comandora to get a job. He suffered hunger, beatings and imprisonment, but the hope of reaching Eretz Israel and starting a new life gave him the strength to bear all the hardships. His attempt to escape to Switzerland failed, but he managed to move to Spain at the age of 16. He was assisted by a Joint delegation and after four months was brought to Eretz Israel in June 1944 as part of the Youth Aliya. He was educated in the “Ahava” children and youth center in Kiryat Bialik in the Zevulun Valley. Through intensive study, he was able to complete what he had missed during his wanderings and found peace of mind and joy of youth that had been far from him until then. With the core of his group, he went to another level of training in Ramat David, but aspired to a more private life in Moshav Ovdim. He left the group and enlisted in the Nutras, hoping to find a nucleus for the settlement after the year of service. In the meantime, the War of Independence began and he served in the Golani brigade. Chaim participated in many battles and fell in battle at Sha’ar Hagolan on 3 Sivan, June 10, 1948. He was buried in Afikim and on the 27th of Av 5710 (27.7.1950), was transferred to the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.