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  • Alice Beatrice Brenner (1916 - 1986)
    In June 1941, Alice Licht began working as a secretary for the partially blind Otto Weidt, who had opened a “Workshop for the Blind” in Berlin-Mitte earlier that year for the production of brooms and b...
  • Anita Brenner (1905 - 1974)
    Anita Brenner (born Hanna Brenner; 13 August 1905 – 1 December 1974) was a transnational Jewish scholar and intellectual,[1] who wrote extensively in English about the art, culture, and history of Me...
  • Anna Maria Brenner (1836 - 1892)
  • Arnold Brenner (1909 - 1941)
    PR - Willem Brenner perega: Sünd: 22.06.1909 VKJ; Ristimine: 09.08.1909 VKJ; Leer: 27.12.1927 UKJ Sünnikirje -- Saaga TLA.1358.2.48:95?560,1207,638,145,0 Sünd: 22.06.1909 VKJ; Ristimine: 09.08.19...
  • Victor David Brenner (1871 - 1924)
    David Brenner (born Avigdor David Brenner; June 12, 1871 – April 5, 1924) was a Litvak-American sculptor, engraver, and medalist known primarily as the designer of the United States Lincoln Cent.* Refe...

About the Brenner surname

Ancestor of some Brenner families is likely Brenner called in antiquity by greeks Brennos,son of Schirm/Sirmios son of Brenner son of Breitmar,who attacked Delphoi in Hellás,who may also be in some kind of kinship with brena tribe in Thrakia later as well. "Brenner" in Yiddish means "burner", some referring to one use burns wood in distillation. There in an area between Austria and Italy called the "Brenner Pass"; I have heard of at least 2 Brenners (unknown to one and other) that have told this story. Many with this surname have lived in Germany, Lithuania, and Latvia.

See Schirm,Marktbreit,Szeremley,Ashkenazi and others !

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