Wolfer, Zvi

Son of Fruma and Shmuel, was born on September 6, 1906, in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. After graduating from the Hebrew Gymnasium, he studied for one year at the university, in the Faculty of Mathematics, but as an ardent Zionist, he decided to immigrate to Israel as a useful professional, and went on to the Polytechnic. He graduated cum laude and to earn his aliyah, he worked as a teacher in a popular and professional school. He immigrated to Israel in 1936. At first he worked as a laborer by telephone, and after a short time was invited to serve as a teacher-engineer at the Max Payne Professional School in Tel Aviv. His name preceded him because of his attractive lessons in content and form and was very fond of his fellow teachers and students. Zvi was never satisfied with his knowledge. He aspired to expand his professional horizons and read and learn more. He was a veteran of the Hagana and its activists and carried various roles among the school’s employees as an active and active member. Many recognized him as a guide and protector. There was Safra and Saifah, a teacher and a soldier. When the War of Independence did not change his way of life, he went directly to the positions of a fighter in the “Kiryati” brigade. Zvi fell in a position at the “Yotzek” factory. On the 29th of Adar I 5708 (29.2.1948) this factory and another factory, “Spirat” near the Holon junction, were guard posts on the way to the south and Jerusalem. On February 29, 1948, a British army force arrived, accompanied by Arab gangs. The British confiscated the defenders’ weapons and left the area by abandoning the men, unarmed, to the mercy of the Arabs. Some of the defenders managed to escape, but Zvi was among the fallen. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak