Zack, Yehuda
Son of Freeda and Yitzchak, was born on Chanuka, in the Jezreel Valley, on November 30, 1926. He attended the school for the children of workers. He excelled in his studies, and discovered special talents for techniques in mathematics. In the sixth grade, he organized, with his friends from the youth movement, the Shdema group. The family managed to convince him that it was his duty to develop his special talent and to continue to study, so that he could do more useful work of greater value. He moved to Hashomer Hatzair, and continued to study. In order to reduce the burden of the expenses of his studies, he refrained from buying books, preparing his lessons in the study room in the library. He, nevertheless, finished high school with first class honors. This was also his practice when studying at the Technion. In order to reduce the need for support from his parents, he worked at night, loading citrus fruits at the port, and purchased all the necessary teaching equipment with his own money. He studied technology until the third year, and prepared systematically and diligently for research work in electronics and further training abroad. He promised his parents that he would take the tuition expenses of his younger brother. After graduating from high school, he completed his service at the Technion and was a private member of the Haganah student group. At the beginning of 1948, when his rank-and-file comrades were called in, he volunteered for the Haifa Brigade in the Carmeli Brigade, which later became a magnificent battalion. He participated in combat activities in the city and the surrounding area. In the battle to liberate the Western Galilee, he volunteered to go out as a burglar in the company’s storm squadron. On the 8th of Iyar, May 17, 1948, he fell in the line of duty. For full details, see Hebrew translation. When he was brought to Haifa for burial, a friend stood next to his body, and announced that he would shoot anyone who tried to take it before his parents arrived. Yehudah was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.
