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A WORD (HOEL) BRENNER (JUNE 25, 1921 - JUNE 12, 1999) WAS FROM THE PIONEERS OF THE HEBREW SHIPPING, FROM THE HEADS OF THE NAVY, BUSINESSMAN AND ENTREPRENEUR, FROM THE OWNERS OF THE "SEA COMPANY" AND ATLANTIC.

HIS LIFE UNTIL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE.

UNTIL HE CAME TO ISRAEL.
BRENNER WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF TYSPOL IN THE SOVIET UNION (NOW IN MOLDOVA). HIS PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS A BABY. IN 1922, DUE TO THE POLITICAL UPHEAVALS AND THE CIVIL WAR, HE MOVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY TO THE CITY OF CHEROWITZ IN ROMANIA, WHERE HE GREW UP AND EDUCATED. THE ZIONIST ATMOSPHERE THAT PREVAILED IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CHERNOWITZ BROUGHT BRENNER TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE YOUNG MACCABI.

THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ALSO HIT ROMANIA, WHICH ALSO SUFFERED FROM UNSTABLE REGIMES, VIOLENT EVENTS AND RISING ANTI-SEMITISM. WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD, HIS MOTHER DECIDED TO OPEN A NEW PAGE OF THEIR LIVES IN BUENOS AIRES, BUT ABOUT A YEAR LATER, THE MOTHER AND THEY HAD TO RETURN TO ROMANIA. THE JOURNEY TO ARGENTINA, ESPECIALLY THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE WORLD OF SHIPPING AND SEA SPACES, BERNNER LEFT A STRONG IMPRESSION THAT INFLUENCED THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE.

IN ROMANIA, BRENNER STUDIED IN GYMNASIA, BUT DUE TO THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, IMMIGRATED WITH HIS MOTHER TO ISRAEL IN THE SUMMER OF 1934.

UNTIL WORLD WAR II
IN HIS EARLY YEARS IN THE COUNTRY, BRENNER WAS IN THE YOUTH VILLAGE WHERE HE STUDIED, WORKED IN AGRICULTURAL AND CO-OPERATIVE WORKS. AFTER THE EVENTS OF 1936, WHEN THE BRITISH AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH THE TEL AVIV PORT, BRENNER WAS ADMITTED TO WORK IN THE PORT, FIRST AS SUFFERING AND LATER AS A CHEMIST ON THE MOTOR BOATS THAT LED PASSENGERS, OR DRAGGED CARGO SPEAKERS, BETWEEN THE SHIPS AND THE COAST. AT THE SAME TIME, BRENNER AT THE SEA OF TABULON ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO BRING THE HEBREW YOUTH TO THE HUNDREDS AND SERVICES OF THE SEA.

IN MARCH 1939, BRENNER SAILED AS AKAT ON A BRITISH MERCHANT SHIP TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE SEA THAT WOULD ENABLE HIM, AFTER FOUR YEARS, TO ACCESS THE CERTIFICATION EXAMS AS A SECOND OFFICER. WITH THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, BRENNER WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ISRAEL, BECAUSE IN THE ABSENCE OF A PASSPORT (HIS CITIZENSHIP IN PALESTINE HAS NOT YET BEEN ARRANGED) HE COULD NOT SAIL AND THIS WAS FINALLY SETTLED.

THE SECOND WORLD WAR
IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THE ACCEPTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP, BRENNER JOINED THE BRITISH SECURITY FORCES AND WORKED TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPLARS IN HER SHARON COLONY, AND IN 1941 HE FINALLY RECEIVED PALESTINIAN CITIZENSHIP.

WITHIN A SHORT TIME, HE SAILED AGAIN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE RED SEA, AND WAS APPOINTED WITH THE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS TO THE RECRUITED COMMERCIAL FLEET, FIRST ON SHIPS OF THE FUTURE COMPANY OPERATING IN THE SERVICE OF THE OFFICE FOR A WAR TRANSPORT OF THE BRITISH NAVY AND LATER ON A BRITISH SUPPLY SHIP IN THE PORT OF HEAVEN IN YEMEN. AFTER A YEAR AT THE HAIFA NAVAL SCHOOL, WHICH OPERATED NEXT TO TECHNION, BERNNER RETURNED TO THE BRITISH FORCES SERVICE. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE ALSO SERVED ON A BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP THAT EVACUATED WOUNDED PEOPLE FROM THE PORT OF CHERBOR AFTER THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY. IN MAY 1945, SHE EMBARKED ON HER LAST VOYAGE IN WORLD WAR II TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES TO THE NORWEGIAN CITY OF TROY.

UPON THE END OF THE WAR, HE CONTINUED TO SAIL IN VARIOUS FRAMEWORKS BOTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND IN TRANSATLANTIC CRUISES, AS A SECOND OFFICER IN THE MERCHANT FLEET. IN MARCH 1948, HE WENT TO THE COAST TO MEET EXAMS AS THE FIRST OFFICER, BUT WITH THE DECLARATION OF THE STATE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NAVY RETURNED TO ISRAEL, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE COMMAND OF ONE OF THE SHIPS.

SERVICE IN THE NAVY
IN JUNE 1948, BRENNER JOINED THE NAVY AND HIS FIRST ROLE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF BROTHER AND JOEWOOD (K-18) WHILE LION KAPLAN SERVED AS THE SHIP'S MILITARY HEADQUARTERS (DIVIDING THIS POWER, WHICH ALSO EXISTED IN THE ELEPHANT SHIPS, WAS CUSTOMARY IN THE NAVY IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF HIS OPERATIONS).

LATER, HE SERVED IN THE FIDADI BARNER FORCE ON ADDITIONAL VESSELS, INCLUDING MAOZ (C-24) AND THE DISCHARGE OF A BROTHER FROM SECURITY (C-28). IN OCTOBER 1950, DURING THE FIRST GENERAL IDF MANEUVER, BRENNER SERVED AS THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS OF THE SHIP "COMMUNITIONS" (OR PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE CHEERS COMPANY, WHICH WAS FORCED TO TRANSPORT RECRUITS TOWARDS THEIR LANDING ON THE "ENEMY" COAST).

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