פולד Fuld, Barbara Bracha

Birth Name פולד Fuld, Barbara Bracha [1]
Call Name Bracha
Gender female
Age at Death 19 years, 2 months, 29 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth December 26, 1926 Berlin, Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Deutschland ברברה פולד נולדה בב' בטבת תרפ"ח

 
Education   הגימנסיה הריאלית בלפור Balfour Gymnasium High School, תל אביב Tel Aviv, גוש דן, תל אביב, ישראל  

Event Note

When Barbara Fuld entered the Real Balfour Gymnasium, she changed her name to Bracha ברכה.

 
Military Service   הגנה Haganah  

 
Military Service   פלמ"ח פלוגות מחץ Palmach, הגנה  

Event Note

Bracha Fuld was assigned to H Company, and stationed in kibbutz Kiryat Anavim.
She was sent to a course for sports instructors, and after completing a strenuous course for section commanders was transferred to the Palmach פלמ"ח E Company, and was given command of a section of women soldiers in kibbutz Givat Haim.
Sam Zebba cites: "She was known as a thorough and exacting officer, demanding much of those under her command but even more of herself."
"She became an excellent soldier, always reporting on time, always neatly dressed, always following instructions meticulously."

 
Membership   קיבוץ גבעת חיים המאוחד kibbutz Givat Haim, עמק חפר, המרכז, ישראל  

 
Death March 24, 1946   ברכה פולד נפלה ב"ליל וינגייט" בכ"א באדר ב' תש"ו

Event Note

In an exchange of fire with the British, while holed up with six Palmach פלמ"ח fighters in an apartment on rehov Marmorek in Tel Aviv תל אביב, Bracha Fuld was shot and badly wounded.
Three of her Palmach פלמ"ח fighters were trapped and arrested.
Bleeding profusely, she was taken to Jaffa יפו police station to be interrogated, and was later transferred to a hospital where she died.

 
Burial March, 1946 בית הקברות נחלת יצחק Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery, נחלת יצחק, גבעתיים, תל אביב, גוש דן, ישראל  

 

Parents

Father Fuld, Luther
Mother , Lotte
Siblings
  1. Fuld, Petra

Source References

  1. Bracha Fuld ברכה פולד

Pedigree

  1. Fuld, Luther
    1. , Lotte
      1. Fuld, Petra
      2. פולד Fuld, Barbara Bracha

Ancestors