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Jewish Soldiers Balkan Wars and WWI 1912 – 1918 (click on photos for larger versions)
Serbian Jews, like Jews in every country they have lived in, answered the call to defend their country. The monument and soldiers shown below honor the Jews of Niš who gave their lives in defense of Serbia. World War One Prisoners of War who came from Niš can be found on the following Register. One of the POWs was Leon Pinkas who apparently died in January 1917 and is buried in the Aschach-Deinheim Camp cemetery.
	Niš, Serbia Commemoration to Fallen Jewish Soldiers
Niš, Serbia Commemoration to Fallen Jewish Soldiers
	Abraham Nissim
Asher Levi 1876 – 14 July 1914
	Avram Pelosof 1882 – 25 Oct 1914
Danilo Mevorach 18 Jan 1878 – 1 March 1915
	Gerson Mevorach 19 Mar 1868 – 16 Oct 1917
Josif Benvenisti 1871 – 1918
	Benjamin Rafael 1875 – 1918
Mosa Ruso 1886 – 1918
	Mordechai Bora Alkalaj killed: 1917
Rafael Avramović
	Nisim Solomon Pilosof
Menachem Mika Gedalja killed: 1914 (Nahum Gedalia's brother)
	Avraham Rachamim Mandil
Source: Do Konacnog Resenja, Jevreji u Srbiji by Zeni Lebl