Zik (Zilberberg), David (Dudu)

Gershon’s son and blessing. He was born on 17.6.1941 in Ramat Gan in the midst of World War II. Grew up in a special atmosphere of the Borochov neighborhood, in which he was brought up for self-realization. From his childhood he excelled in his approach to animal research, and while he was a student in the Givatayim high school he belonged to his biological circle. The youth around him liked him for his gentleness and his willingness to explain the wonders of life to them; They were also attracted by the animal corner that David had arranged in the storehouse of his house. He was active in the Hanoar Haoved movement as a mentor and educator. After completing his studies, he served in the IDF as part of the Nahal Brigade and later joined Kibbutz Tel Reim. In 1963 he went to his parents and as a result of a serious car accident he was unable to continue his work as a dairy farmer and was forced to leave the kibbutz after he was discharged from his military service. After he managed to establish a family name, he changed his name to me (“Zik”) and went to work at the Tel Aviv University as responsible for the zoological collection. On the day of the outbreak of the Six-Day War, David turned to his reserve military unit, the one from which he was released because of his accident; He asked her to accept us again. After he did not respond, he decided to go to a kibbutz from which he had left two years earlier and help wherever he could. He did not separate from his wife and daughter and drove from the university straight to the kibbutz. His friends were surprised to see him and he answered them with surprise: “I could not stay in the city these days.” On June 12, 1967, he participated in a mine detection tour and the jeep where he sat with two volunteers was found on a landmine and died in a military operation. On June 5, the day David turned to his unit and asked to receive it again, David brought in a second wife and a small daughter, who was brought to eternal rest in the Holon cemetery, in memory of seven university students in Tel Aviv. Of the eight who fell in the Six-Day War, his memory was raised in an information bulletin and local life Givatayim Municipality and the “Book of the Fallen” published by the municipality.