THE MEMORIAL BOOK OF PÁPA JEWRY - JewishGen

Shoah survivors from Pest who were deported together with him told stories about his
wonderful behaviour in the camp: how he got for himself new t’filin in place of the ones taken
from him by sacrificing his bread for it.
After the war and the tribulations he had gone through in the camp on Cyprus, he reached
Israel. He settled in Nitzanim where his daughter lived. He lived in the kibbutz during the hard
days of the War of Independence, when he was in charge of the weapons. He remained faithful
and continued to live a traditional, religious life in the non-religious kibbutz as well, creating for
himself the customary religious atmosphere by his conduct.
At the age of 66, this noble instructor left us forever. The memory of this just man is
cherished by the circle of Pápa expatriates.
ZEEV SCHÜKK
The grandson of our dayan Rav Tzvi Eckstein was educated in the traditional spirit of his
parents and grandparents, and studied at various yeshivas. After the World War he joined the
movement of the Hashomer Hatzair and made aliya. In Israel he was among the founders of the
kibbutz Lehavot Chaviva and was active in Mapam. He was a gifted poet. For his collections of
poems The Great Night and the Eyes of Sinful Times, he was posthumously awarded the
Charchas prize in Kibbutz Eilon. The poems in these collections recalled the Shoah.
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