Remains of Soldier Killed During Battle in World War II Are Coming Home to Maryland
An investigation by Israeli authorities linked his remains to grave number 11 in Haifa after decades of anonymity.
- On Wednesday, Israeli authorities announced they identified the grave of soldier Shlomo Haimson in a Haifa cemetery, nearly 78 years after he was killed attempting to escape a British detention camp in Cyprus.
- Haimson was killed by British guards during a 1948 escape attempt and initially buried in Margo, Cyprus; in 1970, Israel conducted "Operation Margo," transferring 163 sets of remains to Haifa.
- A special investigative team established in 2023 by the IDF's EITAN Missing Persons Branch used archival documents and archaeological surveys to confirm Haimson's identity after his original grave remained anonymous for decades.
- Descendants in Rio de Janeiro, including his daughter Miriam, were informed Tuesday evening and are expected to travel to Israel for a state military ceremony where a memorial headstone will be added.
- "Seventy-Eight years have passed since Shlomo Haimson fell in the deportation camp," said Brig. Gen. Edna Ilya, head of the IDF Personnel and Casualty Directorate, noting the identification demonstrates Israel's continuing commitment to its fallen.
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IDF: Remains of Israeli soldier killed in 1948 located in Haifa cemetery
Shlomo Haimson was killed during an escape attempt from a detention camp in Cyprus in September 1948 and buried on the island in an unmarked grave. In the 1970s, his remains and those of 160 other people were brought to Israel for burial, most unidentified
IDF Identifies Burial Site of Soldier Killed in Cyprus Nearly 78 Years Ago
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The burial site of an Israeli soldier killed at a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 has been identified nearly 78 years after his death, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday. The soldier, Shlomo Haimson, was killed by British guards while attempting to escape the Karaolos detention camp on Sept. 29-30, […]
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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 o…
Jewish refugee killed in Cyprus identified after 78 years
The remains of a Jewish refugee killed at a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 have been identified in Israel after 78 years. Israeli authorities announced on Wednesday that the grave of Shlomo Haimson had been identified at a cemetery in Haifa, nearly eight decades after he was killed during an attempted escape from […]
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