2023-12-20 13:51:13
He fought for Israel as a German.
Urijah Bayer (20), a Christian and German citizen, died of a serious head injury and was buried in Israel on Tuesday. He was injured the previous Thursday in the south of the Gaza Strip, where he was fighting for an elite Israeli unit against Hamas.
In response to a BILD request, the federal government confirmed the death of a German citizen. The Foreign Office said: “We have been informed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that unfortunately a German national is among the victims of the fighting in Gaza. Our embassy in Tel Aviv is in close contact with the relatives and the Israeli authorities.”
For reasons of privacy, the AA did not provide any details.
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Uriah’s sister: “His dream was to help the Jewish people”
Uriah leaves behind his parents Gideon and Nelli as well as two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents immigrated to Israel in 1972 to set up a retirement home for Holocaust survivors. Her organization “Zedakah” was founded in Germany in 1960 with the aim of helping survivors of Nazi crimes.
His sister, Odelia, told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Acharonoth four years ago about the old people’s home run by German Christians in the northern Israeli town of Ma’alot: “My grandfather remembered very well how innocent Jews were mistreated in Nazi Germany. His dream was to make amends, to help the Jewish people.”
He was the strongest fighter in his unit
Micha Bayer, an uncle, now told the newspaper: “Urijah was injured on Thursday and has been fighting for his life ever since. He believed very strongly in what he was doing. In the hospital I met a comrade of his who was also injured. He said Uriah was the strongest of his unit, both physically and mentally. A quiet, introverted boy but with a lot of humor. His brother Zuriel and his sisters Racheli and Odelia are also with the fighting troops.”
They do not have Israeli citizenship and are therefore not obliged to do military service and volunteered for the army. In a funeral notice, Urijah’s family wrote that he is now “with our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Bayer family’s obituary notice
Photo: Private
He gave his life to fulfill his grandfather’s dream of helping survivors of Nazi crimes.
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