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Yodfat (Yudenfreund), Avraham

Yodfat (Yudenfreund), Avraham


son of son of-Zion Haim and Rivka. He was born on July 21, 1924, in Monsterszynska, Poland. First of his studies in the “cheder”; At the age of 13, he and his sister were sent to their grandfather, who lived in Haifa when the parents hoped to liquidate their businesses and immigrate after them, but the Second World War disrupted their plans and they were killed by the Nazis. He moved to the vocational school of the Hebrew University of Haifa, where he went to work as a mechanic and supported his elderly grandfather and his sister, who studied at the Technion, loved the country and traveled extensively. And when he grew up, he joined the air force and went to the Daya camps, where he was a member of the Haganah and of the outbreak of the war In the meantime he took part in various activities in the liberation of Haifa, and despite his release he joined the Air Force the next day, He was one of the first pilots to be trained in Israel, After several rounds of education he became a fighter pilot. Everyone loved him, especially for his virtues. In 1951, he was sent by the army for further studies in England. A few days before his departure, he married his wife. On the 3rd of Sivan 5714 (May 3, 1954) he fell in the line of duty and was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa.

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