The boy’s parents and family members left no stone unturned in searching for their son and later his body, but the only person who could have helped them took his secret to the grave.
In Jerusalem’s East Talpiot neighborhood a street is named after Alexander Rubovich.
“To go to the gallows is a very great privilege, for every hanging brings us that much closer to salvation. Every hanging widens the chasm between them and our people. They have always hated us and always will, but if it will make our nation rise up against them, then we must suffer, sacrifice our lives, go to the gallows … You and the other comrades are in constant danger while I, I’m too young …”
– Alexander Rubovitch, age 16
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- http://www.eretzisraelforever.net/InTheirOwnWords/InTheirOwnWords_ViewArticle.asp?sAction=view&iArticleId=-1208460849
- http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=8499
- http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=8499
- Yakhin, Ezra, Elnakam: Story of a fighter for the freedom of Israel, Yair Publishing House: Tel Aviv, 1992.
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