Shlomo Slonim, one of the youngest survivors of the bloody Hebron Massacre in 1929, died on Oct. 27 in Israel. He was 86.
Every year Slonim attended a memorial for those slain on Aug. 23, 1929, when, after years of relatively peaceful existence, the Arabs of Hebron responded to the call of the Mufti of Jerusalem and slaughtered 67 Jews in their midst.
Slonim, 18 months old at the time of the massacre, survived the brutality. He lived because after being struck in the head with an axe, he lost consciousness and was covered by the bodies of his slain parents. His 4-year-old brother and grandparents were also killed. It’s estimated that 435 Jewish residents of Hebron, which had been the oldest Jewish community in the world, survived the massacre.
Slonim was laid to rest in Raanana, Israel. — j. wire reports