Cohen, Nissim

Son of Yehuda and Matilda. Born on 24 January 1935 in Haifa to a family of Greek immigrants, he completed his elementary studies at the Alliance School and later joined the Gadna-Yam until joining the navy in January 1952. His first activity was in the flotilla squadron. After his discharge from the army, he went to study mechanics and after a year returned to the career army for the flotilla squadron. It was only at the end of 1956 that he was transferred to serve in the navy’s navy vessel and served there for two and a half years until he volunteered for submarine service. Six days after his marriage with a kibbutz member, Nissim traveled to England and six weeks later his wife joined him for an eleven-month stay in Liverpool and Scotland. After the training and preparation period abroad Nissim returned with the submarine “Crocodile” to Israel. After serving half a year as a carpenter in the “Crocodile”, Nissim served as the head of the training base for divers. But he felt bad as he was on the beach. In the first course he was enthusiastic and felt satisfied with the release of a new cycle of professionals, divers. Then came the proposal to go back to England and join the “Dakar” team. He was originally intended to serve in the Dolphin, but for various reasons there was a change at the last minute and only six weeks before leaving for England he was asked to move to the Dakar team. The proposal seemed to him and thus saw progress. Nissim liked to write mostly satirical and light tunes, he always rhymed rhymes and loved to play rhymes in language, and he liked to read a lot – from newspapers and detective literature to English literature. His hobby was cooking – and the submarine was sometimes “infiltrated” and assisted in the slaughter of his work, but he did not like to participate in the game himself, but he did not like to play with him on January 7. When he flew with the other Dakar family to Israel, The submarine was on its way home and on the sea route between Gibraltar and Haifa, the connection was cut off and it was not renewed On the 25th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968) The Chief Military Rabbinate determined that the date of the passing of Nissim, in the course of carrying out his duties together with the rest, was on the 30th of Tevet 5728 (30.1.1968) And a memorial monument was erected at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, in which Eran Shorer’s book “Six Days in Decker” is devoted to a number of miracles and his history, together with his picture. On 28.5.1999, at the end of several years of searching, the INS Dakar submarine was found on the Mediterranean Sea floor at a depth of 2,900 meters on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. This fallen hero is a “maklan” – a hero whose burial place is unknown.