12 Facts About Gideon Schocken

Gideon Schocken was a Haganah fighter, major in the British Army during World War II, and aluf in the Israel Defense Forces.

Gideon Schocken served as the head of the Manpower Directorate from February 1956 to April 1961.

Gideon Schocken was born to Lily and Salman Schocken, the co-founder of Schocken Books, an established publishing company in Germany.

Gideon Schocken immigrated to Israel with his family in 1934, graduating from Gymnasia Rehavia the following year.

In 1936, Schocken joined the Haganah, and in 1943 he passed the platoon commanders' course.

Gideon Schocken served as the head of staff of the Operations Directorate from 1953 until 1955, when he joined the Emergency Management division of the Office of the Prime Minister.

On February 15,1956, Gideon Schocken was appointed head of Manpower Directorate of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces with the rank of aluf mishne.

Gideon Schocken received the rank of aluf in May 1959.

Gideon Schocken retired at the end of his term in April 1961.

Gideon Schocken became a member on the board of directors of Bank Leumi.

Gideon Schocken was an avid collector of modern and naive art and photography.

Gideon Schocken's son, Shimon Gideon Schocken, is a professor of computer science at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.