IDF: Grave of fallen soldier Shlomo Haimson identified after 78 years
An Israel Defense Forces officer has borne the news of the finding of the burial site of fallen soldier Shlomo Haimson, killed nearly 78 years ago, to his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they currently live, the military said in a statement on Wednesday.Haimson, who was born in Romania in 1930, was deported to Cyprus after British Mandate troops seized the immigrant ship carrying him to the Land of Israel.He decided to immigrate to Israel with his mother, Ita, and his girlfriend, Perla, aboard the Aliyah Bet ship Pan York-Kibbutz Galuyot. His father died during World War II. All passengers were sent to the British-run Karaolos detention camp in Cyprus.After the formation of the Jewish state, his mother and girlfriend were released and made their way to Israel.Meanwhile in the detention camp, Haimson joined a clandestine group, Shurot HaMagen (“Defenders’ Ranks” in Hebrew), which operated…
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The IDF has identified the grave of fallen soldier Shlomo Haimson, 78 years after his death. Haimson, born in Romania in 1930, was deported to a British detention camp in Cyprus while attempting to immigrate to Mandate Palestine. He joined a clandestine group, Shurot HaMagen, and was shot by guards while attempting to escape the camp in September 1948, shortly after learning of his daughter Miriam's birth. He was initially buried anonymously in Cyprus, and his remains were later reinterred in Haifa in 1970, again anonymously.
- An investigation launched in 2023 by the IDF's Personnel and Casualty Affairs Directorate confirmed Haimson's burial site in the Cyprus detainees' section of the Haifa cemetery.
- The IDF Attaché to Brazil, Col. Uri Ron, delivered the news to Haimson's daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in Rio de Janeiro.
- Haimson's family expressed immense pride and gratitude, stating, "Knowing that the story of his heroism... will now reach its culmination at a final resting place identified with his name brings indescribable peace to our family."
- A military-state ceremony will be held in Israel to add Haimson's name to his grave.
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