Dov Gruner
Dov Gruner | |
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Gruner while serving in the British Army | |
| Native name | דב בלה גרונר |
| Born | December 6, 1912 Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | April 16, 1947 (aged 34) Acre Prison, Acre, Mandatory Palestine |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Buried | Safed Old Jewish Cemetery |
| Allegiance | Irgun |
| Battles / wars | World War II Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine |
Dov Béla Gruner (Hebrew: דב בלה גרונר; December 6, 1912 – April 16, 1947) was a Hungarian-born Zionist activist in Mandatory Palestine and a member of the pre-state Jewish underground Irgun. On April 16, 1947, Gruner was executed by the British Mandatory authorities in Palestine on charges of "firing on policemen and setting explosive charges with the intent of killing personnel on His Majesty's service." He is honored as one of the Olei Hagardom, the twelve Jewish pre-independence fighters who were executed by British and Egyptian authorities.