"Her friend drew his last moments": the story of the mother who betrayed her father and brother

Retired judge Menachem HaCohen, who is named after his uncle who was killed along with his grandfather in the Liberation War, spoke with Ben Caspit Vinon Magal on 103fm, and unfolds the complex family story.

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"This is the story of my mother, who is 92 years old today. In the war of liberation, she killed her father and her brother. That is, my grandmother lost a husband and a son. The story is about my uncle Menachem, who I am named after. He was a senior commander in the naval companies of the Palmach and he Participated in the conquest of Tantura. My uncle was injured during the operation, a doctor and a nurse treated him, but in the end he died," he began and said.

"A 17-year-old girl from Jerusalem, whose parents sent her to rest from the detention in Jerusalem with her uncles in Neve Yam, woke up in the middle of the night from the gunshots, went barefoot to the beach and saw the moment of my uncle Menachem's death. She returned to the room upset, she apparently had a talent for painting and she painted it. When the war ended and she returned to Jerusalem, she and my mother became good friends, not knowing that her best friend had painted her brother," he added.

Later, he also said: "Later, the young painter became a famous children's book illustrator, for many years she was the director of the youth wing at the Israel Museum. Completely by chance, one day she invited my mother, but my mother told her she couldn't come because she had an appointment In tantrum for your brother".

"That's how her friend told her that she painted his last moments, and asked her to come see it. She also gave the painting as a gift to her mother, a few years ago mother gave the painting to the Palmach museum. At first I was angry, but now I think it's a wise move. Today Mom is fine, she has a problem with her eye, but she wants to win," concluded the Cohen.

Assisted in the preparation of the article: David Zebuloni 103fm