Biography
Ludwig Kurzmann (later Arieh Sharon) was born in Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, (now Jaroslaw, Poland) in 1900. After graduating from high-school in 1918, he studied at the German Technical High School in Brno. In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine with a group of young pioneers belonging to the “Shomer Hatzair” movement and worked for one year with a farmer in Zikhron Ya'akov. He joined Kvutzat Gan Shmuel in 1921 which evolved into a Kibbutz, working as a beekeeper, and later, taking charge of planning and constructing simple farm buildings, cow-sheds and dwelling units. In 1926, on one year’s leave from the kibbutz, he traveled to Germany to extend his knowledge in building and architecture.
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