The fourth candle lighting ceremony of Hanukkah 5771 in the presence of
the Minister of Defense, Bnei Gantz, the Director General of the Ministry
of Defense, Amir Eshel, and the representatives of the Jewish fighters in
World War II:
Avraham Grinzide, 95, a Red Army fighter who participated
in battles on Polish and German soil. He currently serves as the national
chairman of World War II veterans.
Yitzhak (Tolka) Arad, 94, who was a
partisan in the Vilnius (Vilna) area and took part in battles against the
Germans. He was Chief Education Officer in the IDF and Chairman of the Yad
Vashem Board.
Gideon Gilboa, 97, one of the volunteers from Eretz
Israel to the British army who participated in the battles of the Jewish
Brigade in northern Italy.
The fighters were awarded a certificate
signed by the Minister of Defense and a medal to mark the 75th anniversary
of the victory over Nazi Germany.
https://www.jwmww2.org/Seventy_five_years_to_the_victory_over_Nazi_Germany