הוז ‎Hoz, Dov

Birth Name הוז ‎Hoz, Dov
Birth Name הוז‎, דב
Call Name דב
Gender male
Age at Death 46 years, 11 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1894 Орша Orsha, Аршанскі раён, Віцебская вобласць, Беларусь  

 
Aliyah 1906   Dov Hoz immigrated to Ottoman Palestine along with his family

Event Note

In 1909, a group, including Dov Hoz, Shaul Meirov Avigur, Eliyahu Golomb and Moshe Shertok Sharett, organized guarding activity in Tel Aviv.

 
Graduation   הגימנסיה העברית הרצליה Herzliyah Hebrew High School HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzlyiah תל אביב Tel Aviv, גוש דן, ישראל  

 
Military Service     Dov Hoz volunteered for service in the Turkish army and was sentenced to death for continuing activities to secure the Jewish settlement of Palestine

Event Note

Dov Hoz escaped the death sentence issued by the Turkish authorities by fleeing southern Palestine which had been conquered by the British.

 
Military Service 1920 הגנה Haganah  

Event Note

From 1920 to 1930, Dov Hoz served as member of the Haganah Central Committee.
From 1931 to 1940, he served as member of the Haganah Command Center.

 
Marriage     Dov Hoz married Rivka Shertok

Event Note

Tom Segev cites: Moshe Shertok's "sister Rivka found it difficult to make up her mind as to which of two boyfriends she would love more, and finally chose Dov Hoz; the other one, Eliyahu Golomb, got her sister Ada. Shertok himself married Zippora Meirov, who was the sister of Shaul Avigur - a founder of the Labor Movement in the Land of Israel and of the security establishment."

 
Elected   תל אביב Tel Aviv, תל אביב, גוש דן, שראל Dov Hoz was appointed Vice Mayor

 
Occupation 1936 חברת התעופה אווירון Aviron Palestine Aviation Company Dov Hoz was Founder and Chief Executive Officer

 
Death December 29, 1940   Dov Hoz, his wife Rivka Shertok Hoz, daughter, Tirza Hoz, sister-in-law, Tzvia Sharett, and business partner, Yitzhak Ben Yaacov, died in a car accident

 

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