Joseph Trumpeldor | |
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Birth name | Joseph Vladimirovich Trumpeldor |
Born | 21 November 1880 Pyatigorsk, Russian Empire |
Died | 1 March 1920 Tel Hai, Occupied Enemy Territory Administration | (aged 39)
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Cross of St. George |
Joseph Vladimirovich (Volfovich) Trumpeldor (Russian: Иосиф Владимирович [Вольфович] Трумпельдор, IPA: [ɪˈosʲɪf trʊmpʲɪlʲˈdor]; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף טְרוּמְפֶּלְדוֹר, IPA: [joˈsef tʁumpelˈdoʁ]; 21 November 1880 – 1 March 1920) was an early Russian Zionist activist who helped to organize the Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to Palestine. Trumpeldor died defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently became a Jewish national hero. According to a standard account, his last words were "It's nothing, it is good to die for our country".[1]