Brenner, Yehuda

Son of Rachel and Joseph. He was born in the town of Zawierce, Poland, and studied at the Mizrachi elementary school and was one of the outstanding students at the age of 10. At the age of 10 he immigrated to Israel with his parents who were among the first founders of Afula, In Haifa he joined the founders of the Hashomer Hatzair branch in the city, was a member of the main leadership in Eretz Israel, and later one of the founders of the Eretz Israel Bet hachshara in Petach Tikvah of Hashomer Hatzair. Later to Kibbutz Eilon in the Western Galilee.) On behalf of the movement he was a commune coordinator in Tel Aviv and even went on a mission abroad. During the bloody riots of 1936-1939, he volunteered for the Haganah’s enlisted unit and served in the Notre Dame bloc of Afula, which was concentrated in Kfar-Yeladim. On March 21, 1938, Yehuda was a member of the “Plugat HaSadeh” group who were recruited to immigrate to Hanita. The Haganah was called to set up an “occupation group” to take over the site, organize its preservation and protection, and pave the way for the immigration of a permanent settler body. On the day of the aliyah, some 400 men were recruited, among them about 100 notar members of the “Field Companies” commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh. At midnight, an Arab attack began and the defenders fought coldly and devotedly. Yehuda was shot from an enemy bullet and fell dead on the spot, with his weapon aimed at the shooters and his finger on the trigger. He was laid to rest the next day at the cemetery in Afula. He laid a master, a brother, and two sisters. His name was immortalized in the books “Hanita – Defending, Holding”; “On the Way to the IDF” and in the Haganah book.