Eliahu Itzkovitz
Israeli soldier
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- Eliahu Itzkovitz (Hebrew: 'אליהו איצקוביץ ; 1932 - 2015) was a Romanian Jew of Moldavian descent who, while a prisoner in a concentration camp during the Second World War, witnessed the murder of his family at the hands of a Romanian prison guard named Stănescu.
- He subsequently emigrated to Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) until he learned that Stănescu had enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, thus leading him to desert from the IDF and join the Foreign Legion.
- He was later court-martialed in Israel for desertion and sentenced to one year in prison.
- World War II During the Second World War, Eliahu and his family were interned in a concentration camp in Romania, where he witnessed the murder of his parents and three brothers by a Romanian prison guard named Stănescu.
- In the Socialist Republic of Romania After returning to Romania, Itzkovitz began to search for Stănescu to exact revenge.
Eliahu Itzkovitz (Hebrew: 'אליהו איצקוביץ; 1932 - 2015) was a Romanian Jew of Moldavian descent who, while a prisoner in a concentration camp during the Second World War, witnessed the murder of his family at the hands of a Romanian prison guard named Stănescu. Itzkovitz vowed to avenge his family's murder but was unable to find the murderer after the war. He subsequently emigrated to Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) until he learned that Stănescu had enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, thus leading him to desert from the IDF and join the Foreign Legion. Itzkovitz was able to track down and kill Stănescu in French Indochina. He was later court-martialed in Israel for desertion and sentenced to one year in prison.
Early life
Eliahu Itzkovitz was born to a Jewish family in Chișinău, Romania (now part of Moldova).
World War II
During the Second World War, Eliahu and his family were interned in a concentration camp in Romania, where he witnessed the murder of his parents and three brothers by a Romanian prison guard named Stănescu. Itzkovitz survived the camp and was liberated by Soviet forces in 1944.
In the Socialist Republic of Romania
After returning to Romania, Itzkovitz began to search for Stănescu to exact revenge. He failed to find Stănescu but found his son and stabbed him with a butcher knife. In 1947, a Romanian court sentenced him to five years in a juvenile reformatory. In 1952, he was released and granted permission by the communist authorities in Romania to emigrate to Israel.
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