{"id":5040,"date":"2020-07-27T09:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T09:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5040"},"modified":"2020-07-28T05:56:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T05:56:36","slug":"bankier-lili-stefania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/bankier-lili-stefania\/","title":{"rendered":"Bankier, Lili Stefania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Lili Stefania Bankier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Leading Aircraftwoman, 25 Meteorological Forecast Unit<br>Service number 2992592<br>Died 28 Jul 1945<br>Buried Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem<br>Age 23 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Headstone Inscription Mount of Olives<\/strong><br>Here lies Leah (Lili) Bankier, daughter of the late Adolph. Born month of Elul (September 18th 1921) Died Yod-chet month of Av (28 July 1945) <br>May Her Dear Soul Rest In Peace <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Headstone Inscription Ramleh Cemetery<\/strong><br>BURIED AT THE TIME IN JERUSALEM (VAAD HAKEHILLA) CEMETERY. BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST &#8220;THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Lili was born on 18 Sep 1921 in Lodz, Poland the daughter of Adolf and Sophie Bankier. Lili and her mother emigrated to Palestine in 1935 and her father remained in Lodz. He was there when the German forces invaded Poland in 1939 and was incarcerated in the ghetto where he died of heart failure in 1942. Sophie ran a small hotel in Ein Karem a neighbourhood of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lili enlisted as a WAAF at RAF Ramleh in Sep 1944 and after training she was sent to RAF Heliopolis for meteorological training  before being posted to RAF Aqir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information and photos obtained from Royal Meteorological Society, history group letter 2019, written by Brian Booth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lilis-grave.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lilis-grave.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lilis-grave-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lilis-grave-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption>Lili&#8217;s grave Mount of Olives Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bankier-700x1049.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bankier.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bankier-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bankier-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Lili&#8217;s Headstone Ramleh Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lili-Bankier.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lili Bankier story<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lili-Bankier.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lili Stefania Bankier Leading Aircraftwoman, 25 Meteorological Forecast UnitService number 2992592Died 28 Jul 1945Buried Mount of Olives Cemetery, JerusalemAge 23 Headstone Inscription Mount of OlivesHere lies Leah (Lili) Bankier, daughter of the late Adolph. 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