Netzer Sereni

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Netzer Sereni
Founded 20 June 1948
Founded by Holocaust survivors
Region Shephelah
Council Gezer
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement

Nezter Sereni (Hebrew: נצר סרני‎, lit. Shoot of Sereni) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 534.

The kibbutz was established on 20 June 1948 by Holocaust survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp. It was initally called Nezter, a name taken from the Isaiah 11:1;

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.[1]

The kibbutz was also known as Kibbutz Buchenwald at the time. It was later renamed Netzer Sereni after Enzo Sereni, a Jewish Italian resistance fighter who was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy in World War II, captured by the Germans and executed in Dachau concentration camp.

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  1. ^ Isaiah Chapter 11 Mechon Mamre

Coordinates: 31°55′33.96″N 34°49′46.2″E / 31.9261, 34.8295

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