Identifer: CJF-RFC2013099

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Jewish Military Prior to the Establishment of the State of Israel

Description
Dov Gruner was born on December 6, 1912.  In 1938 he joined Betar, and two years later immigrated to Eretz Israel aboard the illegal immigrant ship S.S. Skaria.

After spending six months imprisoned by the British in the Atlit internment camp on Cyprus, he joined the Betar company at Rosh Pina, and then found his way to the ranks of the Irgun.

He enlisted in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army to fight in WWII.  After his demobilization from the Jewish Brigade, in March 1946, he resumed his activity in the Irgun and joined its Fighting Force.

He took part in the requisition of weapons from a British army depot near Natanya. Ten days later set out on his second and last operation - the attack on the Ramat Gan police station .He was severely wounded, caught by the British and sentenced to death.

He was 35 when he went on April 16, 1947 to the gallows, together with his comrades - Alkahi, Dresner and Kashani.