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Gideon (Gidi) Eilat (17 January 1924 - 21 April 2015〔(Legendary Palmach commander Gidi Eilat passes away at age 91 )〕) was a former member of the Palmach, commander of the third battalion of the Yiftach Brigade during the War of Independence. Active in the Kibbutz Artzi movement, one of the founders of the Civil Guard of the Israel Police Department, and a member of Kibbutz Beit Alfa. ==Childhood== Eilat, originally “Lewald”, was born in 1924 in the city of Koenisberg in eastern Prussia (known today as Kaliningrad under Russian sovereignty). His mother Rivkah (Betty) was brought up in the Karlin-Hassidic dynastic tradition. She was in her profession a medical Doctor. His father Kurt (Tobi) was a Doctor of Jurisprudence. During his childhood, Gidi studied at the public school in the city of Koenisberg. He became a member of the “Habbonim Dror” (builders of freedom) society. In 1933 Gidi emigrated with his family to the land of Israel. (Eretz Israel). His parents settled in Tel Aviv, but he was sent to study in the educational institute of the HaShomer HaTzair located in kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek. Gidi studied there for two years and that was his first encounter with the HaShomer HaTzair movement, and the Kibbutz Artzi. During Junior High School he attended a worker’s children school (Beit Hinuch L’ ieladei ovdim) in Tel Aviv. After finishing he signed up in Tichon Hadash, there he became the first student enrolled in the school. During his teen years, he joined a branch of the HaShomer HaTzair in Tel Aviv. Together with his classmates he became part of a group known as Gdud HaSade whose mission was to join kibbutz Beit Alfa. While a junior in High School, he interrupted his studies for one year, to be the organizer of all senior students throughout Israel who joined the defense forces then being set up. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gideon Eilat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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