Meir Feinstein
Meir Feinstein | |
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| Native name | מאיר פיינשטיין |
| Born | October 5, 1927 Old City, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | April 21, 1947 (aged 19) Russian Compound, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Haganah Irgun |
| Battles / wars | World War II Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine † |
Meir Feinstein (Hebrew: מאיר פיינשטיין; October 5, 1927 – April 21, 1947) was an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine, during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine. Feinstein, who was sentenced to death by the British authorities, is remembered for his suicide together with Moshe Barazani, a member of the group Lehi, under sentence of death; the two killed themselves embracing each other with a live grenade lodged between them hours before their scheduled hangings. He is memorialized in Israel today as one of 12 Olei Hagardom.