Aharon Doron

Aharon Doron was born in 1922 in Ludwigshafen

Aharon Doron was born in 1922 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. His father worked in the tobacco trade. In 1939 he came to the Land of Israel with Youth Aliyah, studied at the Ludwig Tietz vocational school and joined Kibbutz Yagur.

He joined the Haganah and served as a Notar in the Jewish Settlement Police. He played football for Hapoel Haifa and later handball for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva.

In the IDF he commanded Camp 80 in 1948, the Nahal Command, a brigade in the Sinai War and the Golani Brigade. He headed the Manpower Directorate until his release in 1963 with the rank of major general.

He then earned a master's degree at Columbia University and worked for the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Appeal. He became vice president of Tel Aviv University, chaired the Israel Sports Association and in 1984 became director of Beit Hatfutsot. Under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin he was appointed soldiers' ombudsman.

He married Hana Harari in 1948 and they had 2 children. He died in December 2016 and was buried in Ramat HaSharon.