Yeruchamson, Baruch (Broghel)

Son of Hanna – Dina and Moshe, was born on September 6, 1930 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. When he was nine, he escaped with his father from the Warsaw Ghetto and joined the Polish partisans. He was assigned the role of espionage in the enemy camps. He spent two years in this role but was forced to flee due to the liquidation operations carried out by the Gestapo. When he reached the border he was caught and tortured severely. As an orphan, he was placed under Polish social protection. From there he managed to reach the forests between Novogrod and Lomza to join the Russian partisans. In 1944, when the Russian army came, he joined him and took part in activities against the German enemy. As a boy educated in his parents’ home in the spirit of Israel and with love for the Land of Israel, he underwent training at Kibbutz Borochov in Warsaw at the end of the war. In 1946 he immigrated with a youth company that was attached to Kibbutz Shefayim. His years of distress did not shake the foundations of his soul and his faith in man. Baruch immediately became acquainted with the life of the kibbutz and was the living spirit in society and in the dances near the fire. At the end of his two years of training at the youth company, he joined the Palmach’s recruits, in the Harel Brigade, during the War of Independence, and in the second stage of the “Danny” operation, It was the fourth attack on this area and the mission was assigned to the Harel Brigade, which was to attack from the east, conquer the “range of cannons” and then advance to conquer the whole area. On the fierce opposition of the Legion soldiers, the enemy carried out a counter-attack and, for the first time at night, activated its armored reserves. “They did not have anti-tank weapons and under the pressure of the enemy they had to retreat, Baruch was among those who could not be saved, and he was left there and died on July 17, 1948. On the 11th of Adar 5702 (28.2.1950) he was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.