Moshe Barazani
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Moshe Barazani or Moshe Barzani (1928-1947), was a Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi (The Freedom Fighters of Israel). He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan into a Kurdish family and later moved to Jerusalem. He joined Lehi at an early age and took part in sabotage operations. He was arrested during a curfew, charged of conspiracy to murder British Brigardier A. P. Davis and sentenced to death by a British military court on April 21, 1947. However before the execution, he and his comrade Meir Feinstein committed suicide in their cells in the central prison in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem with improvised grenades which had been smuggled inside oranges. The story of Feinstein and Barazani became one of the most famous tales of heroism in the history of Zionism. [1] Menachem Begin was so moved by the two men that he had himself buried next to them on Mount of Olives.[2] In order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of his death, a state ceremony was held at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem in 2007. [3]
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- ^ The Good Jailer, Yair Sheleg, Haaretz, April 12, 2007.
- ^ 60 Years Later: Feinstein's Bible Returned to Family Begin Center Diary.
- ^ 'The good jailer' returns Irgun hero's Bible 60 years later, Jerusalem Post, April 19, 2007
