EXTRAORDINARY MOURNING BROADSIDE FOR THE LEADER OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE “STERN GANG”
Uncolored broadside, 20" x 28", with a 6" x 8" printed image of Abraham Yair Stern. The photo is surrounded by and a long list of members of "The Stern Gang" who were killed in action. The headline, "51 years since the fall of Yair 25 B'Shvat - Memorial Day for the Fallen of Lehi." Then below the photo, "On the 25th of Shvat 5772 (February 12, 1942) , he fell from the bullets of the foreign government. The initiator of the Hebrew War of Independence, the first commander of the fighters for the freedom of Israel. His teachings, actions and death fanned the fire of war against the foreign occupier. The flag raised by Yair was carried by his friends and students, on the gallows and in battles. Few faced the onslaught of the enemy's scum, in prison and dungeon, in concentration camps in the homeland - and abroad. Before the courts of the occupier and in the underground basements everywhere, the fighters of Herut Israel stood - upright. First to sacrifice and suffer and were an example and a role model. " Then in two columns, left and right columns, there is a listing of the 161 martyrs . As examples, "Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 in Ben Shemen; Felled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir, he fell in battle on the 25th of Kislev 5779 in Operation Horeb; Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir; Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir, Falled on the 27th of Kislev 5779 in Iraq Suwaydan." The poster has a 2" repaired tear upper right and has been folded, else very good Avraham Stern (1907-1942) was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun. In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, called the "Stern Gang" by the British authorities and by the mainstream in the Yishuv Jewish establishment.The group referred to its members as terrorists and admitted to having carried out terrorist attacks. Stern's legacy is controversial due to his organization unsuccessfully attempting to form an alliance with Nazi Germany against the British during World War II. He was captured and killed by British colonial police in 1942. According to police statments, Stern was pulled from the couch on which he was sitting, "sort of pushed him, spun him around, and Morton ( the most senior policeman present) shot him." Bernard Stamp (Another policeman who was present) has been cited as saying that Stern was killed while unarmed and with no chance of escape.
[ translate ]Uncolored broadside, 20" x 28", with a 6" x 8" printed image of Abraham Yair Stern. The photo is surrounded by and a long list of members of "The Stern Gang" who were killed in action. The headline, "51 years since the fall of Yair 25 B'Shvat - Memorial Day for the Fallen of Lehi." Then below the photo, "On the 25th of Shvat 5772 (February 12, 1942) , he fell from the bullets of the foreign government. The initiator of the Hebrew War of Independence, the first commander of the fighters for the freedom of Israel. His teachings, actions and death fanned the fire of war against the foreign occupier. The flag raised by Yair was carried by his friends and students, on the gallows and in battles. Few faced the onslaught of the enemy's scum, in prison and dungeon, in concentration camps in the homeland - and abroad. Before the courts of the occupier and in the underground basements everywhere, the fighters of Herut Israel stood - upright. First to sacrifice and suffer and were an example and a role model. " Then in two columns, left and right columns, there is a listing of the 161 martyrs . As examples, "Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 in Ben Shemen; Felled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir, he fell in battle on the 25th of Kislev 5779 in Operation Horeb; Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir; Falled on the 25th of Kislev 5779 In Uja al-Khafir, Falled on the 27th of Kislev 5779 in Iraq Suwaydan." The poster has a 2" repaired tear upper right and has been folded, else very good Avraham Stern (1907-1942) was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun. In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, called the "Stern Gang" by the British authorities and by the mainstream in the Yishuv Jewish establishment.The group referred to its members as terrorists and admitted to having carried out terrorist attacks. Stern's legacy is controversial due to his organization unsuccessfully attempting to form an alliance with Nazi Germany against the British during World War II. He was captured and killed by British colonial police in 1942. According to police statments, Stern was pulled from the couch on which he was sitting, "sort of pushed him, spun him around, and Morton ( the most senior policeman present) shot him." Bernard Stamp (Another policeman who was present) has been cited as saying that Stern was killed while unarmed and with no chance of escape.
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