גלקין Gelkin, Baruch

Birth Name גלקין Gelkin, Baruch [1a]
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth February 26, 1927 Buenos Aires, Argentina  

 
Education   Buenos Aires, Argentina Baruch Gelkin completed studies at the ORT Trade School

 
Boat September, 1947   They sailed from Buenos Aires to France

Event Note

In September, 1947, Baruch Gelkin, Zeev Gelkin, Yosef ben Menashe and Hillel Milstein sailed from Buenos Aires to France, to join the Palyam פלי"ם, and help transport Maapilim to Palestine.

 
Military Service 1947 פלי“ם Palyam פלוגת הים‎, פלמ”ח, הגנה  

Event Note

In 1947, when they enlisted in the Palyam, Baruch Gelkin, Zeev Gelkin, Yosef ben Menashe and Hillel Milstein worked in the Olim camps of Grand Arnas and Bandol.

 
Boat November 19, 1947 הפורצים The breaking through/The Blockade Runners haPortzim מרים W.V. Marie Marie Annique Marie Annik Marie Annik HaPortzim הפורצים sailed from France to Tel Aviv

Event Note

On November 19, 1947, Baruch Gelkin, Zeev Gelkin, Yosef ben Menashe and Hillel Milstein sailed on Marie Annik HaPortzim הפורצים from France to Tel Aviv.

Event Note

Beni Gefen served as Gidoni, wireless radio operator, aboard Marie Annik HaPortzim הפורצים, when she sailed from France to Tel Aviv.

Event Note

Yosef 'Tosca' Shachar served as Palyam פלי"ם Escort מלווה aboard Marie Annik HaPortzim הפורצים, when she sailed from France to Tel Aviv תל אביב.

 
Military Service 1948 חיל הים הישראלי Israeli Navy, צה"ל  

 

Source References

  1. השערים פתוחים The Gates are Open, Collection of Memories of Clandestine Immigration 1945-1948
    1. Page: 168

Pedigree

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