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The late Izik Rotenberg Son of Nathan and Miriam The late Izik Rotenberg . Was born on March 19, 1925. He lived in Bat Yam and was killed in a hostile action on March 31, 1994. Location: Petah Tikva was brought to eternal rest in Holon .He left a woman, a son and three grandchildren, brother and sister. Izik Rotenberg, 69, was born on March 15, 1925 in Wlodawa, Poland His father was a tailor, and Izik was one of seven brothers.

When the Second World War broke out, a selection took place in the city, and Izik's family was sent to the Sobibor death camp.

As Isaac was a healthy young man, he was taken with his younger brother to forced labor in the camp. With the outbreak of the revolt in Sobibor, Izik and his brother managed to escape from the camp, but they lost each other in the uproar that broke out during the revolt. Izik joined the partisans in the forests and continued to wander with them until he was caught by a Polish peasant and tied up in the stables in chains. After several months in which he suffered abuse from the farmer and his family he managed to escape, and again join the partisans.

At the end of the war, Isaac discovered that the entire family had perished in the camp, except for him, his younger brother, and his sister. He went with other Jews to a transit camp in Italy, and from there they sailed on the ship Bracha Fold to Israel. The ship was seized off the shores of the country by the British, and all the passengers were transferred to a detention camp in Cyprus.

Aizik was released several months later and arrived in Israel in April 1947. A year later, he joined the ranks of the IDF and fought in the battles of the War of Independence in the north near Kibbutz Manara.

After the war, Isaac married Rivka. The couple lived in Bat Yam and had two children: Zippora and Pinchas. Izik worked as a construction plasterer and was one of the founders of the city of Holon.

In 1986, Isik's daughter, Tzipora, died of cancer.

On Tuesday, March 29, 1994, when he was working in Petah Tikva, he was already in retirement, but decided to continue working for a few hours a day to keep himself occupied. Two Arab terrorists attack him. He was seriously injured and was taken to Beilinson Hospital in a coma, Two days later, on March 31, 1994, he died.

Izik's murderers were caught in Lod by collaborators, Israeli Arabs, and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2014 the murderers were released by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyaho. Izik was 69 years old when he was murdered. , He was laid to rest in the Holon cemetery.