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SurnameKhozias
NameBeola
PatronymYankelevna
Birth year1940
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Berman Benjamin (1938-1938)

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surnameBerman
nameBenjamin
birth_year1938
birth_placeLatvia
death_year1938
death_month11
death_day3
death_placeIsrael

Berman Benjamin (?, Latvia – 3 November 1938, Israel) was one of the founders of the watchmen's society “Agudat Ha-Shomrim”. In 1928, he moved to Israel, where he worked as an agricultural labourer and guard, contributing to the establishment of many settlements. He was fluent in Arabic and well-versed in Arab customs. On 3 November 1938, while guarding the laying of an electric cable along the Acre–Rosh HaNikra line, he was killed during an attack by an Arab gang in the settlement of Shavei Tzion. He was buried in Sheikh Abreik, which is now known as Beit She'arim.