Son of Nathan and Bella. He was born on September 5, 1926 in Libau, Latvia, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1935. My son graduated from elementary school in Kiryat Motzkin, loved music and listened to classical works. From his youth he belonged to the “Maccabi Hatzair” sports association, which carried out night trips throughout the country, but mainly attracted to the sea. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Zvulun naval youth movement, and since then spent much of his time sailing along the country’s shores. After two years in Zevulun, during which he specialized in various courses, he was promoted to the rank of instructor and stood out as a talented interpreter. In 1941, Benny continued his studies, and because of his love of the sea, he chose the Naval School in Haifa where he studied radio (third cycle). At the same time, he continued his activities in Zevulun. In his studies he excelled not because he used to “incubate” the books but because of his natural intelligence and his wonderful memory. In his rare temper, the modesty, which sometimes seemed unnatural and exaggerated, was conspicuously absent from public participation. In 1944, while still a student, he was among the first to join the Haganah. My son used to go away from school (with the secret permission of Peretz Rosenberg – the radio teacher), ostensibly for no reason, and aroused the curiosity of his friends. Only after a while did they learn that he had been chosen to be sent to the various courses in the Haganah. After completing his studies at the Naval School, he continued his career in the Haganah and was responsible for the connection with the illegal immigrant ships who tried to break the blockade on the shores of the country. Benny participated in the removal of illegal immigrants from the “Hannah Szenes” ships on the Nahariya coast in 1945, Palmach on the Tel Aviv coast in 1946, and Shabtai Lodzinski on Nitzana Beach in 1947. He also participated in dozens of other “failed” As a natural continuation of his service to the state in the making, as a technician and as an engineer who builds and maintains the radios, my son was drafted into the IDF and served as a regular officer in the Signal Corps. My son, who had a rare combination of technician, wireless, encryption and decoder, was sent wherever needed – including Rhodes – where the Armistice talks were held in 1949. At the end of 1949, he married his partner, Shosh, a radio operator from Nahalal, Of the time in Sharona (“the Kirya” of today). In 1952 my son returned to his first love – the sea – and under the influence of Shuka Makover, the naval liaison officer he knew during their service in the Haganah, joined the navy. In 1953 he was sent by the Navy to study electronics at the Hebrew Technion in Haifa and in 1957 he was certified as an electronics engineer. In return for funding his studies he undertook to serve in the navy for eight years beyond his studies. My son continued his service in the Navy in modesty; He devoted most of his time to deeds-not theories or politics. The question of rank and status did not concern him and many of his colleagues felt that his approach was too naïve and that prevented him from enjoying the fruits of his doing. Those who knew him closely knew that his approval and satisfaction stemmed from entirely different sources; Benny was proud of his family – especially his children: Naftali, Avinoam and Idit. He found an outlet in his many varied hobbies: classical music, accordion, photography (which included developing and printing the pictures himself), sailing and carpentry, but above all my son was a fan of “4X4AC” radio – the third reading in Israel. During his service he performed a variety of positions; Among other things, he was appointed commander of the School of Electronics of the Navy with the rank of major. In 1964, Benny and his family were sent to England for three years to oversee renovations and the installation of advanced electronic equipment in two submarines purchased from the British Navy – Leviathan and Dakar. The whale returned urgentlyAfter the Six Day War, the Dakar completed the renovation and the training of the crew and planned to sail to Israel in early 1968. Due to the feeling of responsibility and love for the sea, Benny asked to join the Dakar team on her voyage to Israel and planned to use the time to train the staff in operating the special equipment Which he installed. After much effort and with the support of the commander of the Dakar, Major Ya’akov Raanan succeeded in convincing his superiors to join him in the crew of the submarine to sail to Israel. For this purpose, a training course was passed as required to pass each crew member before sailing. On the 24th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968), on the route of the sea between Gibraltar and Haifa, the connection with the “Dakar” was severed and again was not renewed. The Chief Rabbinate determined that the date of Binyamin’s death, which fell in the course of his duties together with the rest of the staff, was on January 30, 1968. He left a wife and three children. Since Benjamin was among the missing members of the team, he was placed with a memorial monument in the memorial to the Dakar people in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. He was considered one of the veteran officers in the corps and was respected by the commanders. The commander of the navy wrote to his family a letter of condolences in which he noted Benny’s skills. Among other things, he wrote: “He always served as an example and as a model of a commander who does not impose a task on his subordinates that he is not willing to carry out on his own.” The commander of the navy also noted at the end of his letter that Benny was “an excellent officer, fearless, and that his superior image as commander would educate the future generations of the Navy divers.” In Eran Shorer’s book “Six Days in Decker,” a list was presented about him and his picture was published. On the 28th of Sivan 5759 (28.5.1999), after years of searching, the submarine “Ahi Dakar” was found on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, at a depth of 2,900 meters below sea level, on its planned voyage and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. Makal – a space whose burial place is unknown.
