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Holocaust survivor and IDF colonel dies at 99
Simcha Applebaum, a Holocaust survivor who later founded a kibbutz and served as an IDF colonel, died Tuesday at age 99. His life spanned the Holocaust and the founding of the modern state of Israel.
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Simcha Applebaum died Tuesday at the age of 99. Applebaum survived the Holocaust and later founded a kibbutz.
Military service He held the position of deputy commander in the 188th Brigade.
A photograph from the Netzer Sereni Archive shows him in that role. His experiences, from surviving the Holocaust to participating in the establishment of the state of Israel, cover major events in 20th-century Jewish history.
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