Eliyahu Golomb
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| Born | March 2, 1893 |
| Died | June 11, 1945 (aged 52) |
Eliyahu Golomb (Hebrew: אליהו גולומב; 2 March 1893 – 11 June 1945) was a Zionist activist.
After emigrating to Palestine he joined Hashomer, an underground Zionist militia, in 1916.[1] He became one of the leaders of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah, the underground military organization for defense of the Yishuv between 1920 and 1948.[2][3]
His son David later served as a member of the Knesset.
References
[edit]- ^ Teveth, Shabtai (1987) Ben-Gurion. The Burning Ground. 1886-1948. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-35409-9. p.303
- ^ "Eliyahu Golomb". The complete guide to Israeli postage stamps from 1948 onward. Boeliem. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ^ GENI database
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