Enzo Sereni

Enzo Sereni (, 17 April 190518 November 1944) was an Italian Labor Zionist and one of the co-founders of kibbutz Givat Brenner. He was involved in promoting Jewish-Arab co-existence in Mandatory Palestine and served as an officer in the Jewish Brigade during World War II. In 1944, he was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy, where he was captured by German forces and later executed at the Dachau concentration camp.

Early life Sereni was born in Rome to an assimilated Italian Jewish family. His father was physician to the King of Italy. At the age of eighteen he attended the 13th Zionist Congress in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), and subsequently became a Zionist; he was one of the first Italian Zionists. He married his high school sweetheart Ada Sereni in 1926, who would continue his work after his death.

Zionist activity After obtaining his PhD in philosophy from the University of Rome, he along with his wife and infant daughter, emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1927. and integration of Jewish and Arab society.

Sereni was sent to Europe in 1931–1934 to help bring people to Palestine through the Youth Aliyah, Other famous martyrs who parachuted into Europe with this unit include Hannah Szenes and Haviva Reik. Kibbutz Netzer Sereni is named after him, as are many streets throughout Israel.

Sereni wrote several books and numerous articles.